Wherever you are in the world, we wish you a very Happy New Year! Don’t let the hype of New Years Eve get to you if you don’t have something special planned. Instead, live life to the fullest and MAKE EVERYDAY EXTRAORDINARY! Happy 2014!
2013 PIGGY Awards
Every year, we celebrate the best and worst moments lived during our travels. Last year, we published the 2012 Backpack ME Awards, raving about the best places we had the privilege to enjoy, and the 2012 Piggy Awards highlighting the opposite, that is, the low moments. This year, we start … more »
Dim Sum Friends
No land displays the cute factor in everyday aspects of life like Thailand does. At least I have never traveled anywhere else that could remotely compare. In Thailand, people love to personalize their items and doll things up: this applies to stationery, brand mascots, vehicles, clothing, accessories and even food! … more »
Top 13 Travel Experiences of 2013
Someone once said: “you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough!” We couldn’t agree more and that is why we make sure to enjoy our days to the fullest, wherever we are in the world. Here are, in no particular order, our top travel … more »
Berlin is for hipsters!
Berlin is hipsterland. Otherwise, how can anyone explain the existence of shop names such as “HI I don’t care thank you”. They don’t care because not caring is perceived as cool. Once upon a time not caring was dull. But then it started becoming cool. And later on even cooler, … more »
Happy Holidays from A&Z!
For those of you celebrating, we wish you Merry Christmas! If you don’t care for this holiday but, still, you got days off work, make sure you do something memorable with them! You know well by now where to find plenty of suggestions of adventurous and fun things to keep … more »
Instagram: 13 best travel photos of 2013
Apart from sharing moments from our travels right here on Backpack ME, we love being able to do so too in real-time via our social media profiles. When it comes to photos, Instagram has been a great tool to share photos of what we are doing on a given moment … more »
The BEST soup in the world!
This year, we have eaten a lot of soup. Being in South-East Asia for about 3 months, we have tried soups in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. With rice, rice noodles, egg noodles, bean noodles, glass noodles, thick noodles… beef, chicken, seafood, pork or vegetables… spicy, sweet, sour or all of … more »
Backpack ME’s Most Popular Articles of 2013
Following the tradition we started last year when we published the 12 Most Popular Posts of 2012, the end of this year calls for a recap of what’s been happening here on Backpack ME. If you’d like to take a trip down memory lane or you’re new around here and … more »
The day we drove 1000+ Kms, part 2/2
Read The day we drove 1000+ Kms, part 1/2 HERE. Once in Salalah, our plans boiled down to something as simple as enjoying the greenery. This might sound silly if you live in the countryside or even in a city where there are trees and gardens all around. As … more »