Posts Tagged ‘colombia’
Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2011
Our Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2010, delivered an amazing list of fresh territories to explore. This year, we’re bringing you a brand spanking new, 100% all organic, freshly squeezed batch of places to ponder with OTP’s Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2011. Get ready to rip your backpack to shreds. Beaches: Croatia [...]
Top 10 Things to Do in Colombia on a Backpacker’s Budget
The comeback kid of Latin America, Colombia has come a long way from its blood and coke-ridden days. With its winning combination of beautiful beaches, exotic jungles, crazy nightlife, and sexy locals, Colombia had a prominent spot on our list of Top 10 Backpacking Destinations of 2010. In a country where you can trek across [...]
The 10 Best Sports Bars Around the World
Face-plant into a culture by checking out its sports scene. Plenty of bars play games on flatscreens, but OTP’s list of handpicked beauties are where the drinking, singing and man-hugging run fanatically wild. Bungy Bar (Singapore) Bungy Bar, Singapore After being catapulted 200 feet into space, there’s nothing like a night of rugby and pints. Bungy [...]
Otp’s Guide to Street Art: Colombia
Not just about blow and implants, Colombia rips through the street art scene with it’s own loud take on what’s fit to spray. From Bogota to Medellin to Cali, Colombians aren’t a shy bunch when it comes to splattering their walls with color. While the art is sometimes a visual commentary about the country’s rough [...]
The 10 Friendliest Expat Cities
Back in the day, anyone who left home in search of the good life was called an immigrant. Today, there’s a much hipper label for the modern migrant—expatriate, or expat. Unlike people who immigrate because of poverty, political instability, or poor working conditions, expats usually come from wealthier countries and often plan to return or keep [...]
OTP’s Guide to the Best Coffee In The World
Americans guzzle 122.6 trillion cups of coffee a year and we’re not alone in loving our liquid-crack. Trade imperialism (a.k.a. screwing poor people royally) sucks. We’re here to break down some bean essentials and help you fight the power and get your cup o’ joe straight from the source. Use OTP’s Guide to the Best Coffee [...]
Confessions From Abroad: Colombian Threesome
By: Boogie Nights Bogota For over a year, my nomadic French friend Marcel begged me to visit him in Bogota, where he was making a living as a French tutor. Coincidentally, most of his students were beautiful Colombian girls. I had secretly always wanted to hook up with him, but the distance and my refusal [...]
Travel Dorks: The Hostel Life
Travel Dorks: Mehdy Ghannad & Grant Lingel There are two kinds of prospective backpackers: Those who tramp around with two pairs of underwear in a backpack, sleeping wherever a bed may be, and the others, who complain about sharing a bathroom, kitchen and their beds with strangers. To the latter type we say “pussies!” Get [...]
5 Fun Things to Do in “Dangerous” Places (Part 2)
Your biggest fear should be fear itself. If our first installment of Doing Fun Things in Dangerous Places wasn’t thrilling enough, we dug up a little more fun with a lot more danger. OTP’s Doing Fun Things in Dangerous Places, Part 2 shows you how to have a damn good time living on the edge. [...]
Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2010
We all know Cancun, Miami and Cabo are great for spring break. There is nothing wrong with enjoying the company of drunken college chicks and cheap tequila on the beach. But this year, we urge you to dig a little deeper. An entire world of similarly (likely more) satisfying experiences lie ahead and the best [...]
