2012 Travel Story - Backpacking Grows Up
With the luxury of sabbaticals a thing of the past, low job security, and the currencies of traditional backpacking hotspots such as Australia creeping up on the Pound, for many, the fantasy of leaving the daily grindstone for six months of sun and fun-filled escapism really is becoming just that - a distant fantasy. Those who choose really long trips have to face the fact that their dollar won’t go as far these days as it did five years ago. Travellers often have to supplement their trip with casual work - and the thought of cleaning hostels for peanuts? Not pleasant! So,