Adventurous Traveler

The Adventurous Traveler is always seeking for the adrenalin-kick, the special experience to feel alive. Find real-life travel stories from adventurous traveler all over the world. These stories were contributed by the Hostelgeeks community.

3 Best Hostels in Yerevan, Armenia – A Collection of Hostels with Superb Locations, Privacy Dorms and Homely Vibes

So you’ve decided to head to Armenia. This somewhat undiscovered destination is marked by Soviet-era architecture and our collection of the best hostels in Yere... Read More...

3 Best Hostels in Kathmandu, Nepal – Rooftop Hammocks and Morning Yoga, Anyone?

Namaste! To ensure your venture to a city of 1 million is safe, fun and memorable, we’ve put together this epic guide to the 3 best hostels in Kathmandu, Nepal.... Read More...

3 Best Hostels in Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Soak up Khmer Culture & Sip a Cocktail by the Pool

Congrats on choosing Cambodia as your next destination. We want to introduce you to the 3 best hostels in Phnom Penh to kick start your adventure. In this li... Read More...

3 Best Hostels in Jaipur – Unexpected Luxury and Swanky Instagrammable Design

If you’re considering India as your next big adventure, we salute you. It’s a chaotic country with so many things to offer the outgoing traveller. This is why w... Read More...

3 Best Hostels in Luang Prabang, Laos – Banana Pancakes & Sunset Views from the Swimming Pool

If you’ve been searching for where to stay in Luang Prabang, look no further. Welcome to the only guide you’ll need to the 3 best hostels in Luang Prabang! I... Read More...

World Nomads Travel Insurance - A quick look behind the infamous topic of Insurance

World Nomads Travel Insurance – From Wheel Chairs, Lost Items and Better Safe than Sorry

Are you looking into your own travel insurance? This is a huge topic. We at Hostelgeeks are traveling full time and we had a look at a few companies out th... Read More...

32 Travel and Wanderlust Movies for the perfect Movie Night

33 Travel and Wanderlust Movies for the perfect Movie Night

Travel movies are nowadays waiting for you today almost at every corner. It is about traveling Europe, driving through the middle of nowhere in the USA or cross... Read More...

Santorini as a Backpacker’s Destination? 49 Photos to Fall in Love with the Greek Island

If you’ve always thought of the Greek island of Santorini as a luxury destination with astronomical prices to deal with, travel blogger Meggy Mac found out diff... Read More...

Mountain Hostel Tarter in Andorra – Design Hostel in an old farm in the Pyrenees Mountains

Looking for the best hostels in Andorra? You have just found your perfect base here. The Mountain Hostel Tarter is located in El Tarter, a small village in the ... Read More...

Feeling liberated in Norway!

My boyfriend and I spent last August in Norway. Our first stop was Trolltunga, 22km of walking through snow, mud, rain, wind and darkness. Two days later we ... Read More...

Varanasi, a City to Die - Travel Story India

Varanasi, India: A Terror Attack in the City to Die – a True Travel Story

I cannot imagine myself in a more awful yet interesting place than Varanasi. It is one of the oldest cities in India and the holiest city of Hinduism. Varanasi ... Read More...

The Backpacking Kit for Starters – The Step-by-Step Packing Guide for your Travel Career

Welcome to your essential backpacking kit to start traveling the world. The kick off to your travel career is nowadays easier than ever. In this article we will... Read More...

A Burning Love For Solo Travel – Not the conventional way to meet People

A long time ago, in a continent far far away, I was travelling around Australia with two friends when I decided to go my own way and take a sailing trip around ... Read More...

Rishikesh, India – meat, eggs and alcohol are forbidden

Located at the foot of the Himalayas, crossed by the river of Ganges, Rishikesh is an important pilgrimage city. From here the Ganges heads to the Himalayas, an... Read More...

Tears from Palestine – My homage to a friends wedding

Sometimes when I've been on the road for a while I get so used to living in the moment, day in day out, that I don’t even realise what I am doing at the time. I... Read More...

Meeting the nicest person in Lithuania

I arrived at Siarliai, a small Lithuanian town by bus to look at the „hill of crosses“. I had just missed the connecting bus that was supposed to take me there,... Read More...

Get some energetic vibes in Bam – When an Earthquake hit Bam

“Bam is still here!” said Mr. Panjalizadeh, owner of the Akbar Guest House in Bam, Iran. “We get energy from you people who visit us.” In 2003 a 6.6 earthq... Read More...

Regretting feeling daring in Tokyo

Weary from a day of walking across Tokyo, we went to the first restaurant we could find. The owner did not speak any English and unlike in the tourist restau... Read More...

Loosing my Shared-Taxi at the Togo-Benin border

Losing my Shared-Taxi at the Togo-Benin border

Usually, problems crossing borders involve corrupt officials, visa troubles, or unexpected closures... I'm not sure what the locals thought when they saw a t... Read More...

Meeting a new friend while Hitchhiking in New Zealand

Our first attempt at hitch hiking was from the suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand, into the city. Almost immediately, a car pulled over to pick us up and as we ... Read More...

Chickens, Goats, and Abba – the bizarre bus through Ethiopia

I always use public transport; I believe it is the best way of getting to know a country. On route from Lake Wenchi to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia I had not only th... Read More...

I believe I can fly – Tobogganing down a 3km narrow piste

It was reassuring when, before trying out tobogganing for the first time, my friends admitted to being a little apprehensive. Staring down a 3km narrow piste, w... Read More...

An unexpected surprise at Bus Hostel Reykjavik – Hostel Story

It was only my intention to stay for one night at the Bus Hostel Reykjavik, but when my bike - the one I was about to cycle around Iceland for 4 weeks - went mi... Read More...

Walking solo in a GULAG of the Stalin Era in Russia

Walking solo in a GULAG of the Stalin Era – crimes of the past

In Siberia you read a lot about GULAG and their unfortunate guests. So we had to go to Perm-36, a former soviet labor camp where "country enemies" were imprison... Read More...

Cycling to a hidden Waterfall in Baños, Ecuador

It was a glorious afternoon in Baños, Ecuador so we decided to rent bikes to cycle to a waterfall. We headed out of town and turned off the main road onto an im... Read More...

Fat-Bike with Ninja – my 3h Stars Tour in the Italian Alta Badia

Spending an entire winter in the mountains has its perks; an invitation to fat-bike through the snow being one of them. Ninja, as he is known, is notorious in t... Read More...

Lanquín, Guatemala: Home to the Sacred Waters of Semuc Champey

We arrived in Lanquín, Guatemala after being packed like sardines on an 8-hour bus trip from Tikal. The scent of burnt foliage from the ubiquitous slash-and-bur... Read More...

Ticking of the bucket list: Cage-diving with Great Whites

So, this is a sneak preview of my old Bucket List: - 14. Learn how to swim - 15. Go cage diving with Great Whites And then one day in November 2014 I s... Read More...

Danger and Fear Climbing the Italian Dolomites Mountain

Having experienced many exposed and challenging Via Ferrata, I thought my rational fear had subsided over time. That was until me and my friends had to cross an... Read More...

Skydiving 15,000 feet over Queenstown, New Zealand

Absolutely petrified. That’s one way of describing my anxiety before jumping out a plane at 15,000 feet. But I had never done anything like this before so that ... Read More...

In The Footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi and Napoleon

They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. When you walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the journey begins with a day-long hike... Read More...

Sharing Rum with New Friends in Cuba

I tell time by looking at the sun's position. Spanish, Italian, French, German are my mother tongues for a beautiful moment. An island of poetry in every wave t... Read More...

Getting Lost on Purpose in Tokyo – Discover Hidden Tokyo

When we headed over to Japan we wanted to totally immerse ourselves in this wonderful country we had traveled half the world to experience. With awe and wond... Read More...

The Sleeping Dragon – Dalai Lama, Salzburg, and Me

I can feel the snowflakes softly falling from the sky. They land gently on the tip of my frozen nose. At the top of this mysterious peak, famously called "sleep... Read More...

Warned about the Children in Cambodia

Be careful and judge each situation for yourself! We were warned about the children of Cambodia asking for hugs and stealing your watch yet we saw none of this.... Read More...

Are there wolves in Umbria? Nicola did not reply

“Are there wolves in Umbria?” Just silence from Nicola while the howling was still coming from the valley. We were alone, sleeping in a tiny tent in the wood al... Read More...

Climbing 300 feet high in Bangladesh

Oh, what a wonderful experience it was! The first time I was able to climb about 300 feet high hill at Rijuk Waterfall, Ruma in the Bandarban district of Bangla... Read More...

This Self-Educated Highway Builder in China impressed me…

While taking a 20-hour train ride on the perimeter of the Taklimakan desert in northwestern China, I had the kind of humbling, education, and above all else, wo... Read More...

Freezing Christmas Sea Swim and I survived

The annual Christmas sea swim has been taking place for almost 60 years on Clacton beach, Essex, United Kingdom. The low mumble of excited folk, showing off the... Read More...

Blocked Road and The Tuk-Tuk Driver Saved Us

On our bus-ride from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, Laos a truck blocked the entire road and no vehicles could go through. We were all stuck there in the highest m... Read More...

From Zero to Kilimanjaro, the Highest Peak of Africa

This was it. What was I thinking? “Stephanie, you have never climbed a mountain in your life, never mind starting with Kilimanjaro.” At that stage there was no ... Read More...

The Dangerous Roads in Morroco Across the Atlas Mountain

Traveling through Morocco by car is a great way to see this diverse and beautiful country. But the roads in Morocco can be diabolical. We rent a car and take of... Read More...

Machu Picchu’s Gigantic Aura – Reminder Why I Travel

On day three of the classic Inka Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, we reached the summit of Abra de Runkuracay eager to take in the views around us. The day was un... Read More...

Don’t make Elephants angry – my elephant experience in Botswana

When I visited Botswana in hope to get close and personal with Elephants, I certainly got my wish. I remember it clearly – we were sat in the open-top jeep, obs... Read More...

Shooting Stars in Wadi Rum (pun intended)

Jordan is a strange country. There are big cities, forgotten majestic mausoleums, mountains and depressions, but most of all there are deserts. My boyfriend an... Read More...

From Hell to Heli-pads

From monkeys climbing on my head to sleeping on train floors to cocktails on top of the world... Travelling gives you the greatest opportunities and the weirdes... Read More...

Gambia and my favorite part of it: The Children!

“During my trip to Gambia I found a lot of beautiful beaches and landscapes, but my favorite thing about one of Africa's smallest country is its people...specially the children! They love to ask you to teach them things and some of then even learned how to do the rock sign!“