Most of the people who travel longterm don´t buy roundtrip tickets. Doing this, they would loose a big part of their freedom. Without a fixed plan you have access to all options which might come up to you and you can just “follow the flow”. When I was traveling in Southamerica, I´ve only bought a…
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Moanalua Valley Trail- The gateway to Heaven
If you are looking to climb the infamous Stairway to Heaven (aka Haiku Stairs) in Oahu, there are plenty of ways to do it without getting a $1000 citation. There is a security guard at the base of the stairs, poised and ready to call the cops. He generally does not call law enforcement, or…
Big Money Savers for Hawaii
Traveling around the Hawaiian Islands can be really expensive. When most people from the US mainland visit the fiftyest state, they experience a shock on their first grocery store visit. It is estimated that – in general – things cost about 30% more on Hawaii than they do on the mainland. Shipping the food over the ocean…
Workaway, HelpX, WWOOF – Safe money and become a local!
Workaway is an international organization and hospitality service that enable travellers willing to work as volunteers to contact hosts (who can be individuals, families or groups) wanting help with their projects or activities. Volunteers or ‘Workawayers’, are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day in exchange for lodging and food provided by their…
How to avoid your vehicle being broken into on Hawaii.
Unfortunately, Hawaii has a big Crystal Meth Problem and due to that, the number of rental car break-ins on all of the islands in Hawaii is actually pretty high. Other helpers we´ve met during our workaway on the Big Island got all their luggage stolen on O´ahu. When we went to Maui for a week,…
How to look for spiders at night
I did a trek through the guatemaltecan jungle for 5 days to the biggest mayan pyramid in the world: El Dante (article is coming soon!) One of our group members showed us an incredible easy trick, how to detect spiders at night: You have wear a headlamp and turn the angle of the light as low…
Everyone can do it!
Nearly every time i’m talking about my travels, someone tells me: I want to do the same when…. You’re so lucky that you’ve got the opportunity to this. I want to do that as well, but. …. How did you afford your travels? Did your parents sponsore you all the time? I can not hear…
Massive Discount for Travelers
When I travelled to Chile from New Zealand, I had my first Jetlag ever (after 100+ flights) . My departure time in Auckland was 4.15pm and after a 11:47 hours flight, I arrived in Santiago at 11.35am. On the same day. Makes no sense to me . It´s like a time machine. Back to the…
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