The invention of the Youth Hostel is now 100 years old, and they have changed dramatically since inception. It’s now big business, but there may be a few amongst us that remember the old chore system.
Jose Megre was a world renowned trans continental driver and adventurer. His journeys took him to all but one country in the world. That country was Iraq, a country that he will sadly never visit. Jose died at age 66 in 2009.
The Lonely Planet empire is now 100% owned by the BBC after Tony & Maureen Wheeler sold their remaining 25% stake in the publishing giant. The question is, where to from here for the beloved guidebook.
Was Italian Gemelli Careri the original backpacker and did his method of travel forge the way for what we know today as independent budget travel or ‘Backpacking’
Hitchhiker Andre Brugiroux, is one of the world’s most traveled people and spent several years hitchhiking his way around the world during the 1960′s and 70′s.
In their Toyota Land Cruiser, Swiss Couple Emil and Liliana Schmid are listed in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for the Worlds ‘Longest Driven Journey’.
In this post I ask myself if I suffer from a slight case of Dromomania. A condition, that gives people uncontrollable urges to wander and travel long distances.
The man who wanted to see it all. Heinz Stücke, has been cycling the globe solo, for half a century and there’s no end in site to his amazing voyage.
John Goddard is a real life Indiana Jones, who at the age of 15 created what I can only describe as the ‘Ultimate Bucket List’. He then focused his entire life to ticking of 109 of the original 127 items.
Peter and Kay Forwood, are two legendary Australians, who’ve been cruising the world, on their Harley Davidson for the past 14 years. They ventured into the record books in 2008, when their Harley became the only vehicle in the world to be driven in all 192 countries.
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The natural beauty found along the coast of the small island nation of American Samoa is summed up in this one image. A unique and beautiful view of a series of palms upon a rocky out crop.
