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Couchsurfing vs AirBnB

on August 15, 2011 in On The Road

By The Hunger Too poor for 5-star hotels, too old for hostels and tired of the dogma from the Couchsurfing cult – it was time for a change. On a recent trip to Berlin I thought I would try something different. Travelling as a single traveller I was tired of hostels, hotels, pensions and guesthouses. [...]

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(Hot) Girls and Hostels

on July 15, 2011 in On The Road

By The Hunger This has been adapted from the original (Hot) Girls and Hostels article I wrote as a guest post for SingleDudeTravel.com HOT GIRLS AND HOSTELS July 15, 2011 By The Hunger Who hasn’t thought about hooking up with a sexy backpacker whilst staying in a hostel? With vacation-sex on the brain, high blood-alcohol-levels and [...]

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If You’re Hungry, Turkey Is Where It’s At

on June 23, 2011 in On The Road

By Atlas Al Recently, The Hunger and I mentioned we’ll be in Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece (but mostly Turkey) starting August 8 till September 12. We thought Turkey would be great for a vacation because it’s the Med, and neither of us has been there yet. Ideally, I’d like to spend one week in five [...]

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Hostel Lottery

on August 31, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger You arrive at your new hostel, the receptionist hands you the key, and the Hostel Lottery begins. The brain plays out various supermodel and serial killer scenarios of potential roommates could be. I see the number 25 at an angle on the door. Yep that’s my room. I try to open the [...]

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In Search of Mecca

on August 9, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger Pilgrimage As I travel by train close to the Camino del Norte, a famous Christian Pilgrimage route across northwest Spain, I’m surrounded by modern-day pilgrims with generous bouts of body odour and walking sticks that even Gandalf would be proud of.  There are many roads one can take to reach the holy [...]

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Beauty Drain

on July 31, 2010 in On The Road

By Atlas Al It’s hard to put into words the jaw-dropping Scandos undressing themselves right now in Oslo’s Birkelunden Park.  The scent of coconut oil wafts in the air from slender tanned bodies deglazing in the midday sun, breasts smashed into towels give their vitamin D-starved behinds a chance at some sun, and every guy [...]

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Cool Hotspots

on July 28, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger Tourist Hotspots Tourist Hotspots are forever changing.  Everyone is always in search of something more exotic, more real, more anything and everything.  Travellers are always on the lookout for their next big adventure.  But are these Tourist Hotspots more an oasis of opportunity or a manufactured mirage vying for a larger chunk [...]

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Topless Traditions

on June 8, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger Having arrived in Malta a couple of days ago, I was greeted by the furnace-like heat this quaint little island is famous for. Naturally, the bevy of Maltese women sunning themselves like flamingos on vacation lured me to the beach. After spending the last couple of months in Spain, I was reminded [...]

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Yachties Gone Wild

on May 23, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger Super Yacht Industry Cue dramatic movie preview voice, “In a world where you get to live and work on multimillion dollar yachts, travel to the crème de la creamiest of world locations, cruising the Med in summer, the Caribbean in winter, and get paid well for it. Welcome to the Super Yacht [...]

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Wing-Wingman

on April 18, 2010 in On The Road

By The Hunger The name Charles P. Conrad isn’t as famous as Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin. But that doesn’t make his feat any smaller or moonwalk any less spectacular. For those of you who don’t know him, he is the third man to walk on the moon, however, history only remembers firsts, and on [...]

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