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Recent trips 2009: January - Qatar February - USA, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos . Future trips 2009: November - Portugal December - france . Vague 2010 plans include: Bahrein and Dubai Israel and Palestine, two old dreams waiting to come true . . |
|  | ABOUT BACKPACKING - TIME magazine, 16 December 2002
Few modern social developments are more significant and less appreciated than the rise of backpacker travel. Backpackers are not only more likely to respect local cultures than those tourists served by the mass market, but they are also, in their own way, valuable to host economies. Backpackers may spend less on vacation than what their parents, but most of what they do spend stays local
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70% of backpackers' vacation expenditures go to locally owned businesses, compared with only about 30% of the cash spent my "mass tourism", who often stay in big hotels owned by foreign firms . . |
|  | EXPLORE THE MIDDLE EAST 11 countries
Armenia Georgia Iran Jordan Lebanon Oman Qatar Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen |
|  | EXPLORE ASIA 8 countries
Brunei India Laos Malaysia Maldives Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam |
|  | EXPLORE AFRICA 6 countries
Egypt Kenya Morocco Tanzania Tunisia Western Sahara |
|  | EXPLORE THE AMERICAS 8 countries
Bahamas Canada Colombia Mexico Panama Turks and Caicos United States of America Venezuela |
|  | EXPLORE EUROPE 34 countries
Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco-Montecarlo Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Vatican City |
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BruceDunning Thu Nov 5, 2009 21:07 UTC Have a wonderful birthday and one to remember for a long time | RoscoeGregg Sun Sep 27, 2009 15:47 UTC I just love that poem. Please know that many people in the U.S. feel the same way and we are working to make our country's role more possitive. Sorry we are dragging everyone with us. Keep the faith for peace! | MM212 Thu Sep 10, 2009 19:27 UTC Hi - all is well. Very hot, but I'm used to it by now. Ciao, Momo. | Maurizioago Wed Aug 12, 2009 21:02 UTC Ai VT meetings chi non ci può andare di persona può parteciparvi come virtual attendee. Si manda una foto (ti verrà detto a chi al momento opportuno ed il gioco è fatto. Ciao! |
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