Mekong by Speedboat

Earlier this year I went on a speedboat trip down the Mekong river - from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang in Laos.
It was just a small part of my three month trip from Bangkok to Hanoi.

Travel Movies

Whether it's a bicycle trip to the nearest town, or a multi-month tour across continents, travel is a ubiquitous factor in most of the films and it's often enough to inspire us to escape our daily routine and see the world.

Below are the seven travel movies that I recently watched. They are definitely worth seeing if you are nomadic at heart.

List of Travel Songs

Have you ever checked in at the hostel, met all the interesting people, some of which could play a guitar, and then sung songs with a bunch of strangers? What were the most played songs?

Here's a list of the "travel" songs that I've heard most often in such places, either sung or on mp3s. Some of these have found way to my playlist as well.

Airline Travel Myths

ABC News recently listed 6 Airline Travel Myths, including whether opening a door mid-flight can be done and what happens when your luggage is mishandled.

"There are a couple of reasons for this, but the big one is cabin pressure which, in effect, seals the doors shut. Plus many aircraft doors are "plug-type" in design meaning the doors are bigger than the opening (unless they are rotated). Again, though, once cabins begin to pressurize, which occurs as the plane begins to taxi, well - forget it. Those doors are shut."

What is Adventure?

Different people have different opinions about what an adventure is, but most will agree that it's usually an exciting, risky experience with an uncertain outcome. But still, it's all relative, anyway.
Adventure involves stretching your body or mind, or both. I prefer the latter and traveling does this. Sure, skiing on extreme terrain at a local ski resort, climbing the highest mountain, or rafting down the river sounds exciting. But even more so if you do it thousands of miles away from home.
Although you don't have to try out all the extreme sports to feel adventurous. Simply being in another country on your own is adventurous enough for most. Hitchhiking, getting off the beaten track, avoiding organized tours is my way of feeling adventurous.

Solo Travel: 5 Reasons To Travel Alone

I've traveled to quite a few countries, mostly with my family and school. During those travels there was always a part of me that longed to separate from the group. I wanted to see what's it like to be on my own. In groups I always felt too safe, as if I had cheated somehow.
Several years have passed since my last trip with family and in that time I have been on three backpacking trips, alone.

Travel Inspiration

Enjoy the awesome visual journey through beautiful landscapes accompanied by a stunning song. If this doesn't make you want to travel, then.. we don't have much in common. :P

I Break Horses - Hearts from Bella Union on Vimeo.

How to Be Comfortable on a Long Airplane Trip

Unless you're a first-timer or a long-flight junkie, chances are you are not going to like those boring overseas flights.
Apart from waiting long hours there are also other things that may annoy you - things like changes in pressure, THAT kid crying 2 rows behind you, guy next to you waking you up to go to the toilet, silly flight attendants being too friendly, pretty much pointless passenger announcements and the ever-present turbolence (you will encounter it at least once in your flight. If not, consider yourself extremely lucky).

So what to do to minimize the annoyance?
Here's how..

Vagabonding

Here's a great HowTo street survival.
http://vagabondacrosstheworld.blogspot.com/

It's definitely one of those must-read websites if you decide to vagabond yourself. Lots of great tips and stories - hitchhiking, keeping clean on the road, where to eat/how to find food, where to sleep, earning money, avoiding trouble, ...

Definitely worth reading it.

Thanks to zoron.

What to pack for your trip?

This is one of the best Travel websites I came across - Universal Packing List website: http://upl.codeq.info/

All you need to do is to select the region you're traveling to, activities you'll do there, how long will you travel for and similar things that will help you with your packing.