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International tips for travelers and students of all ages, travel styles and interests.

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 murdered.  These events have built upon existing misconceptions and stereotypes abou…
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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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Category BackpackingPosted on May 23, 2013

My Fantastic Packing Mistake

I had a comfortable late-morning flight to Rome.  The route to Copenhagen airport is an easy one.  Hop a reliable bus for a 5 minute ride, switch to the metro for a 35 minute trip and boom. Next thing you know you're a…
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Category BackpackingPosted on April 1, 2013April 1, 2013

Life Abroad and the Loss of Innocence

As I stepped off of the curb and down onto an old cobblestone street in the historic district of Innsbruck, I found myself musing.  A few minutes earlier a light mist, far too mild to even be considered rain, had begun…
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Category AfricaPosted on January 12, 2013January 12, 2013

Crash Course Advice For Travel Photography

A huge chunk of the travel photos I see on a daily basis are horrible. Not just amateur shots from friends and strangers, but also from semi-professional travel bloggers and established travel brands.  It always amazes…
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Category BackpackingPosted on January 5, 2013July 22, 2013

The Polar Bear Adventure: Part 1

You know things are either off to a brilliant, or ill fated start when you learn that your charter flight which flew at the crack of dawn was the only Churchill bound flight that left the airport. As a bit of an obnoxious optimist, and in light of the minimal turbulence we were experiencing, I tos…
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Category BackpackingPosted on December 20, 2012July 1, 2014

Real Danish Food: Nørrebro’s Little Smørrebrød Shop

Authentic Danish food is the Sasquatch of the Euro-Scandinavian culinary scene.  There's Noma of course, as well as a small army of Michelin Star restaurants but talking about them as authentic outlets for Danish food …
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Category BackpackingPosted on November 12, 2012November 12, 2012

Biting Back – Bed Bugs, Treatment, Hostels and Hotels

Over the years travel has left me with a few scars.  Small injuries, cuts and scrapes from various poorly thought out misadventures are responsible for a few but by and far the most prolific culprit is the common bedbu…
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Category AfricaPosted on November 6, 2012November 8, 2012

How to Select the Best Safari Experience

The chance to go on safari is a fun and exciting opportunity. It tugs at our heart strings, teases us with adventure, and can bring to mind visions of early explorers and naturalists cutting their way through lush jung…
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Category AfricaPosted on October 15, 2012October 15, 2012

Travel Fears: Squat Toilets and Spray Hoses

[caption id="attachment_2457" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Photo by David Berger[/caption] I began this series of posts with a piece exploring the topic of race.  In the 2nd I tackled disease, HIV and hypochondria…
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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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