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Riding London Doubledecker Buses

Riding London doubledecker buses seems like a dream, but for Londoners, double decker buses in London are simply some of the ways they get around. That's true for tourists, too, but it's still an "I'm in London!" blast to watch the city go by from the top deck of a double decker bus. Learn about London doubledecker buses and see photos.

Volunteer Abroad for Spring Break 2012 With "Projects Abroad"

Volunteer Abroad for Spring Break 2011 With Projects Abroad - Volunteer Abroad for Spring Break 2011

All About the London Tube and London Tube Maps and Tickets

London tube - how to ride the London Tube for beginners, including how to use London tube tickets, find London tube maps, and find London tube stations and London tube stops.

Step by Step Plan for a Great Ocean Road Australia Trip

The Great Ocean Road is an excellent Australian bus tour or road trip, and one of the world's most beautiful drives. Check out a step by step guide with photos for a Great Ocean Road bus tour or road trip, and get tips on where to stop on a Great Ocean Road bus tour or road trip, plus how to find bus tours of Australia's Great Ocean Road.

Student Travel New Year's Resolutions

New year's student travel resolutions: any time is the right time to make resolutions; the approach of a new year is an especially fine time to make student travel resolutions: resolve to travel well, travel wisely and travel a lot. A few new year's student travel resolution ideas here.

Holiday Travel Tools - Ideas for Thanksgiving and Christmas Travel Deals

Thanksgiving can be an expensive time to travel; take heart if your travel plans involve flying home or elsewhere around the holiday -- use some smart tools to plan your travel and it may be a breeze. And you don't *have* to fly -- driving, busing or taking the train can be cheaper and easier.

Best Halloween Parties and Events Worldwide

Best Halloween party worldwide? Where to go to party, party, party at international Halloween parties worldwide, like Bangkok, Limoges, Salem, New Orleans and Derry, and origins of Halloween's Western traditions.

Backpackers' Best Travel Books 2010

Backpackers' Best Travel Books 2010 - We've made a list and checked it twice: these are our favorite backpackers' travel books for 2010! We're starting out with an old fave and have included other books from other years because, well, sometimes the best is still the best...

Laos View - View From Spicylaos Hostel Room

Laos View - View From Spicylaos Hostel Room

Win Travel: EF Tours Global Citizen Giveaway

High School Travel Giveaway - EF Tours Global Citizen High School Travel Giveaway

Kindle 3G - Amazon Kindle 3G With Wifi for Travelers

The advent of the ebook reader is a cool boon to the backpacker and the Amazon Kindle 3G, with free wifi, has ushered in a new era for student travelers: the truly workable lightening of the book load without breaking the bank (that would be the iPad's job). The Kindle 3G is a light, thin piece of hardware with which a traveler can not only read book (including textbooks*), magazines and newspapers, but hook up to the internet with worldwide wifi. A very versatile tool for travelers at $189.

Flashpacker Guide to Packing a Laptop Backpack With Travel Gadgets

Flashpacker is a new buzzword for student travelers and young at heart backpackers, and one defining characteristic of the breed is gadget hauling. We lug laptops onto chicken buses, haul tattered backpacks bulging with travel gadgets into hoity hotels or sketchy hostels, pack cargo pants pockets with global cell phones and we find wifi. Let's walk through getting the best laptop backpack and the flashpacker gear, step by step.

Best Women's Travel Books - Gifts and List of Best Women's Travel Books

Best Women's Travel Books - Gifts and List of Best Women's Travel Books

Private Hostel Rooms Photos

Private Hostel Rooms - Single Hostel Rooms and Private Hostel Rooms Photos and Info - Private Hostel Rooms Rock

Backpackers' Best Travel Books 2009

Backpackers' Best Travel Books 2009 - We've made a list and checked it twice: these are our favorite backpackers' travel books for 2009! We're starting out with an old fave and have included other books from other years because, well, sometimes the best is still the best...

Mummies Galore at Guanajuato's Museum of Mummies - Guanajuato, Mexico

Mummies are real -- that is, mummies aren't just products of horror flicks and mysterious ancient burial rites: you can see real unlive mummies from the very near past in Guanajuato, Mexico's Museo de Momias. Learn about the Museum of Mummies here - hours, directions, and lots of pictures of mummies!

Acapulco's Kingdom Youth Hostel Fit For Royalty

Location is everything in Acapulco -- in the case of the Kingdom youth hostel, an address in Puerto Marques means palm-shaded tranquility far from the madding Acapulco crowds and close to the calming waves. Read the review.

Wake up London Hostel Review With Photos

Wake up London Hostel Review - review of Wake up London and photos of Wake Up London hostel. Wake Up London is a decent youth hostel in London - read a personal review from my stay.

Make Your Own Women's Travel Gift Set

What to give the women traveler in your life? Why not make your own women's travel gift set and cover *all* the travel bases? Start with a great women's travel bag and fill it with women's travel gifts -- student travel goodies inside a travel bag make opening every pocket fun. Gift ideas follow.

Piccadilly Circus Hotels - Picadilly Circus Budget Hotels reviews

Piccadilly Circus is central London's busiest spot, but budget Piccadilly Circus hotels are hard to find. Check out the Regent Palace Hotel (sweet) in Piccadilly Circus and the Piccadilly Backpacker's Hostel (not so much).

Airplane Seat Planning

You've bought your airline ticket - next question: just where is your airplane seat? And why should you find out? When you make an airline reservation, a seat is assigned to you; you'll often have the option to choose your seat. Let's walk through airplane seat choices step by step.

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