Backpacking Stories

See some backpacking stories from different contributors about backpacking, animal encounters, hitchhiking, vagabonding, and more!

demon effigies during Nyepi in Bali
The Balinese Day of Silence

The world should follow Bali's lead with a Day of Silence. - Max Richardson [...]

20
May
The Open Road
Funny Travel Story

A funny story about surviving backpacking travel in Egypt. By Greg Rodgers [...]

10
Feb
The Open Road
Road to Shangri-la

Backpacking story about finding love on the road to Shangri-la. By Lee Hohen [...]

10
Feb
Thailand travel in the islands
Koh Phi Phi Tsunami Scare

A true story of the 2006 Tsunami scare on Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By Greg [...]

10
Feb
Thailand travel in the islands
Backpacking Travel Story: Easy as Pai

A funny story about riding a motorcycle through the north of Thailand to Pai. [...]

10
Feb
The Open Road
An Alaska Grizzly Encounter Story

The author relates his close encounters with a grizzly bear in Alaska. By Greg Rodgers [...]

10
Feb
The Open Road
Vagabonding Chronicles – Part 2

Cat Duval managed to hitchhike from Canada all the way to South America where she [...]

10
Feb
The Open Road
Vagabonding Chronicles

Cat Duval managed to hitchhike from Canada all the way to South America where she [...]

10
Feb