Tag: Travel
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What’s In My Backpack: Everything You Need for Long-Term Travel
Reading Time: 28 Minutes When planning out a trip one of the hardest things is deciding what to bring in your backpack. This is amplified with a longer trip, where you don’t know exactly where you will be, what environment you will face, and how long you will be gone. The weight of your pack…
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24 Hours in a Clock: How and Why I Switched to 24 Hour Time
Reading Time: 8 Minutes 24 Hour Time: Despite its lack of adoption in the United States and several other countries, 24 hour time has become the world standard for telling time. In the 24 hour system, unlike its 12 hour counterpart, there is no AM or PM designating morning or evening. Instead, there is just each…
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I Am a Traveler and So Can You
October 16th, 2012, 17:30 In the Toronto airport, panic strikes. Hard. I’ve been sitting here with Odin, my big orange backpack, for about 5 hours. In hindsight a ten hour layover in Canada wasn’t the greatest idea. And the next one in Frankfurt probably wont be great either. Fear fogs my vision while I stumble-run…
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Evolution of a Traveler
Traveling has a profound ability to change a person in many ways. It can give you a new outlook on the world and its cultures, make you learn new skills and, if you do it right, push yourself to the limits. But long-term travel can also change you physically. You’ve seen what it can do…
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