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After 21 months backpacking around the world, through the Sahara, overlanding the silk road and climbing mountains, what gear survived? These are the items that were with us when we walked across the border into Tiujana, Mexico and were still with us when our plane from Asia touched down in North America. All of these [...]
When we were approached about reviewing this smart phone application, I was excited. There are tons of applications out there to help travelers learn European languages, or even a few words of Cyrillic or eastern languages, but I find most of them lacking. The idea with Earworms Musical Brain Trainer is that listening to the language [...]
There is no doubt in my mind that this device has already paid for itself simply because we don´t have to constantly buy bottled water when the tap water isn´t clean enough to drink. The fact that it may one day save our lives is an even bigger benefit. There are other, fancier Steri-pen models [...]
Gregory Women’s Jade 50 Backpack As far as outdoor equipment and backpacks go the Gregory Jade 50 seemed like a dream. Cute in style and functional in design, the Gregory Z55 and the women’s version, the Jade 50, won the 2007 “Best All Around Weekend Pack” from Backpacker magazine. Unfortunately the design features that put [...]
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