Posts Tagged ‘fun’
The 10 Biggest Party Hostels Around the World 2011
We worked our fingers to the bone to get you the 10 best hostels around the world , finally convinced you that you won’t be murdered by staying in one, and taught you some scientifically-tested tricks for getting it on while you’re there. The only thing left to address is where the party at?! Let’s [...]
OTP’s Guide to the Most Useful Travel Apps For Backpackers
Is that a smartphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see us? Turning off the tech while you travel has its benefits. At the same time, wisely using your gadgets opens you to a world of opportunities: shenanigans, hookups, deals, shortcuts and methods of documenting the most awesome times of your life. [...]
OTP’s Guide to Partying Your Ass Off in Malaysia
Looking to travel Asia but broke as a hostel mattress? Forget the usual suspects and opt for Malaysia, a sort-of CliffsNotes to the continent, instead. An Asian stew simmering with Taiwanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Singaporea and Thai hotties—Malaysia is ripe for the sampling with a little bit of game and a lot of Tiger Beer. If [...]
Top 10 Things to Do in Malaysia on a Backpacker’s Budget
Ridiculous nature, culture and sexiness make Malaysia the G-spot of Southeast Asia and just like that special place, there’s a thousand different ways to hit it. These ten cheap-ass destinations are just as fun for gutter punks as they are for Louis Vuitton brand-hoes. Put on your adventure pants and follow OTP through these 10 [...]
OTP’S Guide to Partying Your Ass Off in Goa
To make up for being the smallest state in India , Goa developed a huge party complex. Squeeze in as much sleep as possible on the overnight bus or train ride there from Mumbai because, in Goa, between hippy strong-hold Arambol, rave central Anjuna, and Sunburn-spot Candolim, blinking will be the only shut eye you’ll get for days. Goa is the [...]
5 Movies to See Before Going to New York
As one of the brightest, fastest and coolest cities in the world, New York is often considered the capital of global culture. The city has been splattered all over the silver screen in legendary films, but there are plenty of flicks that rely on the cityscape to detract from a shitty script (cough, Maid In [...]
OTP’s Top 10 Things to Do in Venice on a Backpacker’s Budget
They don’t call her the Queen of the Adriatic for nothing; Venice is priced for nobility. Lucky for you, we figured out how to avoid the not-so-sneakily-laid tourist traps and make it out financially unscathed. Keep your wallet stuffed with those rainbow-colored Euro bills by following OTP’s List of Top 10 Things to Do in [...]
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 Fire Festival of Las Fallas (A Pyromaniacs Dream)
Need your pyro fix and Burning Man, Guy Fawkes and Amori Nebuta just aren’t doing the trick? Get yourself to Valencia, Spain for Las Fallas instead—a rip roarin’ crazy time with enough explosions and flames to calm your insatiable fire fiend twitches. Wait, why are we burning stuff? In true Catholic-Spanish tradition, the boozing, burning and general debauchery [...]
What the F*ck is Bin Lang?
A nut with a buzz, Bin Lang is Taiwan’s second largest crop and people consume it like candy. Known to science dorks as Areca catechu and cool kids as a Betel Nut, it’s similar to chewing tobacco (with a bit of a high) and just as tooth-stainingly cancerous. Hawked on the streets by chicks in [...]
