Independent & Budget Travel

Felucca on the NileTouts & Hasslers We Love to Hate
From the Meeter & Greeter to the Rude Fat Kid, we look at some of the more annoying people you will encounter on the road

Traveller Hangouts
Places to stop and get off the world for a while

Tips & Tools
Travel Tips
Staying healthy and wealthy on the road can be a challenge. Here are a few suggestions as to how it can be done

Catch 22 Travel Tips
After thieves stole his shoes and left him travelling parts of Latin America in his bare feet, Lincoln Yates set up Catch 22 Travel Security Products to stop this
happening to other backpackers.
Here he shares his advice for theft free travels

Reviews
Books and equipment tried and tested

i-net Cafe Links
Services and tools available on the internet for travellers

Our Trips
Around the World in 12 Issues
The PAYAway / Jobs Abroad Bulletin RTW trip 2002 to 2003

House Hunting Travels
The PAYAway / Jobs Abroad Bulletin home hunting trips 2006 to 2007

Travel Photographs
Round the Word Trip >
Albania > Argentina > Australia > Bolivia
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay > Bulgaria > Cambodia > China
Egypt > Greece > Indonesia > Laos > Macedonia > Malaysia & Singapore
New Zealand > Peru > Thailand > Turkey > Vietnam

Readers Articles
Ramblings of an Irishman
Hairy Irishman Michael Conlon muses on living in China while travelling on a bus from the Cambodian border to Bangkok.

The Inexperienced Traveller
Round the World travel tips and experiences underground in Shanghai. By Jenny Wharton.

Photographs from Taiwan
Though Mike Williams didn't take his camera along to the other China, he still caught some snapshots of life on the island

Rather than action and adventure Sarah Griffin prefers lazy days and lots of alcohol, just like at home, but somewhere really hot. Her stories are told in The Road to Zante and Athens Away

Other resources

Directory > Air, Land & Sea
Air, rail, road and sea transport links and anything else to do with getting there and around

Directory > Budget & Backpacker
Advice, information and resources for backpackers, budget travellers, vagabonds, hitchhikers and nomads

Directory > Communication, Maps & Equipment
Links for finding maps and equipment, learning or translating a language and keeping in touch

Directory > Health, Safety & Insurance
Websites and organisations that specialise in helping travellers to avoid travel nasties ranging from thieves and diseases to terrorism

Directory > Hostels, Home Exchange & House Sitting
Where to stay, including hostel searches and directories, home exchanges, hospitality exchanges and house sitting

Directory > Reading & Reference
Travel reading from guidebook publishers to websites with something to say

Directory > Student
Student organisations and websites covering travel, plus other student travel related issues

Directory > Tips & Tools
Travel tips and Internet tools to help make life easier, from ATM locators to finding lost travel pals

Directory > Travelogues & Blogs
Follow other travellers around the world, see pictures and read stories of how they did it

 


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