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View travel posts dedicated to the budget backpacking style of travel. Especially as it relates to hosteling and youth travel.

Category BackpackingPosted on January 7, 2014January 7, 2014

Men, It Is Long Past Time to Study Abroad

Despite these massive surges in the number of students studying abroad, it turns out the majority of western exchange students are women. This has left educators and study abroad students alike asking themselves, "Where are the men?" The study abroad population is increasing rapidly. Over the…
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Category AsiaPosted on December 28, 2013January 1, 2015

2013 – A Year of Travel In 65 Color Photographs

Durness, Scotland Bodrum, Turkey…
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Category AsiaPosted on December 23, 2013July 30, 2014

2013 – A Year of Travel In 65 Black and White Photographs

Ouray, Colorado, USA Durness, Scotland…
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Category BackpackingPosted on December 22, 2013July 14, 2014

Dashcam Footage From Northern Scotland

Ever wondered what it would be like to drive the tiny two-way one-lane roads that thread their way through the rural Scottish countryside?  Wonder no longer - during my recent roadtrip through Northern Scotland I tossed …
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Category BackpackingPosted on November 8, 2013November 10, 2013

An Adult Learns to Ski in the Austrian Alps

Growing up I never felt a strong desire to find a large hill, scale it, and then throw myself down the side at a high rate of speed. As a general matter of practice, I considered this a sign of sound judgment and a fir…
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Category BackpackingPosted on October 4, 2013

Two Years Away – My First Visit Back to Arizona

With my Master's thesis handed in and the clock ticking down on my time as a student, I finally set aside the funds to return to Arizona. It seemed like a perfect opportunity.  My schedule was largely open, consumed only by applying for jobs and PhD positions here in Denmark.  My brother, the auth…
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Category BackpackingPosted on August 30, 2013

Scottish Waters – A Photo Essay in Black and White

From its music to its history and folklore Scotland has always been one of the world's epicenters for the mystical and magical.  It is an ethereal place which seems both a part of modern times and lost in the mists of …
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Category BackpackingPosted on August 16, 2013

Fancy Danish Smorrebrod

It's delicious, it's distinctly Nordic, it's relatively healthy, and it's surprisingly more complicated than one would think.  What is it?  It's Danish Smørrebrød or "Smorrebrod".  In the past I've written about local …
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Category AsiaPosted on June 18, 2013June 25, 2013

8 Ways Turkey Is Nothing Like You Expect

With the recent protests in Turkey the country has been launched into the news for the second time this year.  As many of you may recall Turkey was previously in the spotlight when a female American backpacker was murd…
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Category BackpackingPosted on May 27, 2013

You Will Never Make Friends Sitting In A Dark Room By Yourself

It has been 22 months since I arrived at Copenhagen Airport lugging three over-sized suitcases and a backpack.  I arrived in Denmark with lots of assumptions and unknowns and very little concrete data.  The sum of my p…
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Alex Berger

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In 2007 I set out on a three-month solo trip through Europe, in 2011 I re-located to Copenhagen. I’ve been authoring VirtualWayfarer ever since with a focus on sharing stories, musings, and advice through a visually and narrative rich format. I’m also the author of Practical Curiosity: The Guide to Life, Love & Travel and the inventor of the MistDefender lens cloth.

I document my travels on a Sony A7RV and iPhone 16Pro.

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