By Jes Simon
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First tagged by Jessica S.
Customer tags: travel, europe, backpacking
Review & Description
Travel books lie. Before you plan your trip, you should know what it's really like.
From the book:
"Travel is an industry. They can't make money by honestly telling people, "This city stinks. The people often smell, but the sausages are great!" No one would travel. Instead, they cut and edit and show you tiny pieces of good that exist in a whole of very bad. Once you've seen it for yourself, you'll notice how little travel programs actually show. Travel is about seeing things in person, but those things often exist in places you'd rather not be."
You can spend thousands on what you think will be an amazing experience, or you can spend much less, see the same things, not be disappointed, and not have to lie when you get home or regret the money spent.
Jes and her nephew traveled to the UK, Belgium, Germany and Paris with backpacks, little money, no mobile devices, and no real plans. What they found was not what they expected. Backpacking made the adventure less expensive and much more fun.
From the book:
"The advantage of backpacking over usual travel is the lack of luggage. You don't have keep up with several bags. You don't have to worry if your luggage will make it to your next destination. When you get up in the morning and put everything back in your backpack, you walk out of the room knowing everything you own is right there on your back. It is an awesome feeling. There is nothing like it. You are your whole world. You don't belong to any one place any longer than it takes to walk away. It's an amazing feeling that I suppose is freedom, either in a sense or at its very core."
Jes gives you the straight story on travel and the countries she visited. The book includes photos and her packing list with how the items worked out on the trip. There is also a packing list you can use for your own adventure.
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