I have several over 5,000 (best was 5,626), and my girlfriend has also hit the 5,000 at least 25% of the time. We are ready to challenge all comers. By the...
I think I found it through Stumbleupon. For those of you not familiar with Stumbleupon , it's an excellent extension to your Firefox browser. The idea is that...
Hey all! My trip is going great, thanks in no small part to advice from you RTWers a few months back. I'm blogging it all at www.gazerrant.com if anyone has...
Hi Gaz Glad you are having fun and that you have found the advice given in this forum useful. Concerning visas. BKK is an easy and convenient place to get SEA...
I am in Berlin, to see the World Cup. After this, my plan is to head back to Los Angeles. After about 2 years of travel, 48 countries, 200 cities, too many...
About your side trip before heading home... There are too many low cost airlines in Europe and suggesting one versus another really depends on where you want...
Thanks so much, Felipe. The attitudetravel.com site was not exactly what I was looking for, but the skyscanner.net was PERFECT. It is one of the most nicely...
I agree http://www.skyscanner.net/ seems to do exactly what everyone who has ever been searching for cheap flights in Europe has been looking for . Good find...
Hi, You're right, skyscanner is one of the most usefull websites out there for european low cost airlines users. I like specially the "map" function, where you...
Thanks to prior posts, I was able to get cheap flights to Latvia and Estonia (thanks again, Felipe). But I still need to get back to Los Angeles from Berlin....
I am beginning to plan my Thanksgiving week holiday. I will be able to spend 10 days (Nov 17th to Nov 26th), including travel time. I really want to go to...
Hi Sub I've never heard orf direct flights from LAX or SFO to Africa. I tend to use Expedia to find who flies a route, though not to buy as they always seem to...
Well, I loved Botswana and S. Africa. To be honest, I cannot imagine traveling to the other side of the planet (which will effectively kill 2 of your 10 days,...
Josh certainly makes a good point regarding timing. In part it depends on how comfortable you are making very long flights. Were you based in London, 10 days...
Hi, My name is Jonnie and I would like to introduce myself and thank you all for the opportunity to join your group. Like most of you all I am interested in...
Welcome to the group Jonnie I'm assuming that you are American and haven't done too much travelling before. Forgive me if these assumptions are wrong. If this...
Thanks for the welcome and helpful advice. Your assumptions about me are all correct but I will add some more details to the description: 23 yr old,...
I admit I've been a bit of a "lurker" on this group but thought I'd make a post for a change... I was off for most of last year "on my own". I started off my...
Hi Jonnie, I'm a female from the States, currently four months into my RTW trip, and thought I'd offer a few words of my own, just to give you some more food...
Hi Jonnie, I'm a female from the States, currently four months into my RTW trip, and thought I'd offer a few words of my own, just to give you some more food...
Melanie has made some excellent points from the perspective of a young American traveller. One thing you ought to be aware of is that couchsurfing is currently...
Hi all I am a 25yr old kiwi, just finishing up my JET experience in Japan, heading home to NZ next month but not for long I hope. Do some relief teaching, get...
Hello all, I'm new to the list and in just over a year I will be starting my journey around the world. The goal is to circumnavigate by surface transportation....
Hi Brad, and welcome to the list! I don't have an advice, but I am really interested in hearing how your plans shape up, and especially to hear the stories...
Hi Brad, Welcome to the list. I don't have a lot of info for you right now, but your post interested me because I also plan on doing a RTW trek overland/sea...
Hi Brad, there is a guy (Ludovic), who is travelling around the world with the goal of not paying anything for transportation. His stories might be helpful for...
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Hi Brad (and Greg) Welcome to the group. Over the years we've had a few people who have wanted to do their RTW without aircraft. I'm not sure how many...
Hello everyone, My name is Lauren. I plan to take off on a solo vagabonding trip to southern- eastern africa in mid 2007 indefinitely and posibly visiting ...