Posts Tagged ‘advice’
TRAVELERS Who Want to Change the World WANTED! Become an OTP Travel Writer…
Are you high on travel? So are we. Off Track Planet believes that travel can destroy boundaries, breed understanding and broaden our perspectives. Traveling is a political act that opens the world to positive cultural interaction and deepens our abilities to relate to world citizens from all walks of life. Off Track Planet is focused [...]
Otp’s Guide to the World of Gypsy Tactics
Lost, elusive, and sneaky as hell, gypsies are out to steal your shit. You know the stereotype—long skirts, jingling bells, headscarves, living the free life. You may share the wanderlust lifestyle, but you know they’re pulling some crafty schemes to keep it going and unless you can hop on their nomadic bandwagon, you ain’t nothing [...]
Travel Dorks: Akila and Patrick, The Road Forks
Akila and Patrick, of The Road Forks, have made it their mission to eat their way around the world. These hungry dorks both quit their day jobs in September 2009, and ran off to eat in places like Africa and Cambodia. Live / eat vicariously through their exploits with their taste-bud stimulating site. Their Asian [...]
Sex in Cuba: A Guide to Getting Laid
It’s telling that pinga, slang equivalent of ‘penis,’ is one of the most frequently used words in Cuba. The go-to insult for anyone and his mother—especially his mother— it’s used in about as many different connotations as “fuck” is in America. You can eat pinga, talk pinga, or fuck pinga; and whether you’re giving or [...]
Travel Dork: Keith Savage, Traveling Savage
Travel Dork: Keith Savage Keith Savage’s, “Traveling Savage,” captures the spirit of backpacking and adventure-driven travel better than most out there. Even if Keith just got lucky with a name like that, there’s nothing tame about this savage—not his content, not his diction, not his ability to encapsulate all things wild and wonderful about travel. [...]
Travel Dork: The Brooklyn Nomad, Andrew Hickey
Travel Dork: Andrew Hickey Andrew Hickey (blood bruise from a long—sucky?—sorry Andrew, we had to) keeps it real as the Brooklyn Nomad—a travel-loving, bagel-inhaling, always humble blogger. Not surprisingly, the Brooklyn nomad gives us a lot of information about NYC, but he manages to slip in a few tidbits even the most jaded New Yorker [...]
Travel Dork: 10 Questions with Nomadic Matt
Travel Dork: Matt Kepnes Back in May 2010, Off Track Planet was looking to feature the ultimate travel dork for our first, upcoming magazine release. We choose none other than the feisty Matt Kepnes better known as Nomadic Matt. Matt obliged, but unfortunately the article never made it to print. You see, we wanted to [...]
5 Things to Do When You’re Stuck at the Airport
There is no getting around it: You will get stuck at an airport at some point in your travels. Instead of throwing a shit fit and kicking the nearest inanimate object, here are a few things you can do to entertain yourself. Play Airport Gourmet Use your meal budget to gather random items from airport [...]
10 Step Guide to Backpacking Europe – What you need to know right now!
Entertaining the idea of traveling to Europe but don’t know where to get started? Well consider yourself lucky. OTP’s 10 step guide below breaks it down for you to get your travel juices flowing. 1. Hostels/accommodations: While the idea of spontaneously backpacking around Europe with no plan is tempting, it can also leave you with [...]
