Since December 2008, we have published over 500 articles just on Art of Backpacking, circling the globe multiple times featuring over 30 countries. The information we have gathered and shared with our readers is enormous. It can get messy and confusing with so much to look at. In this page, we have highlighted our personal favorites as well as the most popular articles.
If you want to see a map of the world and all of the articles organized by country, see our destinations page.
Tips and Planning
- Cheap Places To Stay For Awhile Around The World
- Story of Escaping the Cubicle Corporate World
- Travelling Alone – What I’ve Learnt
- The Deadly Anticipation to Travel Syndrome
- Simple Tips for Train Travel in China
Gear
- MyTravel Notebook Review and Giveaway
- How Minimalism Has Helped Me Become a Better Backpacker
- How To Halve The Contents Of Your Backpack
- 7 Awesome Backpacking Travel iPhone Apps
- The Darker Side of the Tailors of Hoi An
Food / Drinks
- Why do Travelers Eat in Tourist Restaurants?
- Puebla, Mexico is Foodie Heaven
- 6 U.S. Breweries Worth a Trip
- Cheese Travel Around the World
- Bartending in Australia
- Must Try Foods in Taiwan: Xiaolongbao from Din Tai Fung
- Five Tasty Cheap Eats in Jordan
- Traditional Foods in Belgium: Liege and Brussels Style Waffles
- Japan’s Deadly Cuisine: Eating Fugu or Pufferfish
- How to kill a snake (with your teeth)
- Dare Complete: Eating a Fertilized Duck Egg (Balut) in Vietnam
- Eating The Worlds Most Dangerous Vindaloo
- Goon
Accommodations
- Hostel Hell
- How to Rent an Apartment in Buenos Aires
- Buenos Aires Apartment Rip Offs
- Open Letter to Hostel Owners
- The World’s Greatest Hostel Ever
- 7 things they don’t tell you about the Uyuni, Bolivia tours
Quit Your Job and Travel
- Quitting My Job to Hitchhike Europe
- How Nomads are Reclaiming the American Dream
- How I Rearranged My Life to Move to Kenya
- Quit Your Job and Travel the World
- How Quitting an $80,000/year Job was One of My Best Decisions Ever
- What you need to do before you quit your job to travel the world
- Story of Escaping the Cubicle Corporate World