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"One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind"
Dive right in video: Kiva.org
Posted on 18 Aug by Roadjunky - Send to a friend - x comments
Sheel Mohnot from Kiva.org facilitates the microloan process in places like India and Uganda - travelers through abjectly poor parts of the world will easily see the immense power of such an effort. This video is from Ryanishungry.com
If you've got a great travel story to tell with a camera we'll get the world to see it (and you get paid in the process).
Editorial: The Art of Getting Lost
Posted on 18 Aug by Roadjunky - Send to a friend - x comments
Let's face it - the entire world is mapped out. At last count the Lonely Planet guidebook covered 118 countries in print. Online travel guides like wikitravel covereverything else that slips. and see decent resolution satellite imagery from all around the world. imagery from all around the world.
So is there an art of getting lost while traveling? When traveling without a guidebook how can one get away from the hordes and get to places that stoke the imagination? Let us know about in the travel forum.
Featured Travel Blog: Across the Andes
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Gregg Treinish and Deia Schlosberg continue their epic adventure trekking through the Andes, now in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. So far they've been freezing on high Andean peaks and wallowing with sloths in the Amazon.
Their stated goal is Tierra del Fuego by foot, but we don't really believe anyone's feet can withstand that kind of hardship. Watch as they prove us wrong undertaking Road Junky's kind of spirited travel. Read all about their experiences here:
Photo Guide Lugu Lake China
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This month photographer John Torrente brings us imagery of the Mosuo people who reside on China's Lugu Lake - an area threatened by the heavy development now occurring throughout China. These black and white photos reveal a staggering human side to China.
Featured Travel Trips: Moving Abroad: A Guide to Emigrating
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So there you are – the weather sucks, everything’s too expensive, you’re bored of everyone that you know and you find yourself staring wistfully at the travel section of the bookshop, wondering if there’s a way to go abroad and stay there ...
The good news is that millions upon millions of people around the world manage to make a new life for themselves abroad, whether in order to send money back to loved ones, escape persecution or, like you, to enjoy a better standard of living. All the tips you need are here in the emigration guide.
Featured Article: Fear, Loating and Love at First Sight in Romania
Posted on 18 Aug by Roadjunky - Send to a friend - x comments
Alex Ternoweysky arrives in Romania to find out he was supposed to have a visa to get in.
The classic idiot abroad, his troubles are only compounded by falling in love with Nikita, the Romanian immigration ...
Featured Country Guide: Jordan
Posted on 18 Aug by Roadjunky - Send to a friend - x comments
Jordan - Not Michael - is a small oil-less patch of desert wedged uncomfortably in between Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The country is a western, modern oasis of calm and friendliness in an ancient, often chaotic part of the world, where the buses run on time, the crime rate is low to non existent, and “Welcome to Jordan” repeatedly rolls off the Arab tongues with seemingly genuine sincerity.
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