Backpacking

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What is Backpacking?
A first definition can be: form of low-cost independent international travel. But in this kind of trip be an interesting motivation: know places, cultures and people as really they are, without the boring travel agencies and the tourism places.
The most flagrant factors that differentiate backpacking from other forms of turism are:

• Use of public transportation as a mean of travel.
• Accommodation in youth hostels or spend the nigth in a tend camping.
  
• Very long trips (months, years).
• Use a Backpack.

The backpackers have opened the doors for the most exotic destinies, which then are offered by the travel agencies.

The experts of the subject have not agreed on a concise definition that differentiates the backpackers and tourists

Types of Backpackers:

These categories are defined by Camille O’Reilly, an expert on the topic.

Gap Year Backpacking: Is the people who travel around several countries in a short period of time at the end of one stage their lives, generally, in the gap year between the school and university or between university and their firs job.

Life Crisis Backpacker: Is the popople who travel in order to change their sedentary life; their trips are motivated by dissatisfaction.

Partyer: They are interested in finding beachs, sun, liquor and, eventually, drugs.

An especial type of backpacking is:

Flashpackers: The origen of the term itself isn't clear, but generally flashpackers has an association whit the travelers who have more disposable income in the trips.
They prefer the cheap accommodation in order to spend freely, even excessively, for activities at their chosen destination.
The Flashpackers travel with devices high-tech, like iPod, smatphone, GPS, laptop, digital camera, etc.


The Industry of Backpacking

In recent years, the backpacker's industries has emerged.
You can find anything to travel to several countries: guides, backpacks, tents, especialized clothing, younth hostels networks and many accesories.

The blogs in the Backpacker's community are quite important, in these web sites you can find information of travels and countries, recommendations, suggestions, pics and diaries of trips; also, you can consult the state of roads, monetary rates and other variable information in real time.

http://www.backpacking.net/
http://www.thebackpacker.com/
http://www.backpacker.com/
http://www.twoguysaroundtheworld.com/
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/
http://www.blogdeviajes.com.ar/