2. How to Have a Safe Trip.
• Meanwhile, here are some quick tips to make your
travel easier and safer:
• Sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program so
the State Department can better assist you in an
emergency:
• Sign passport, and fill in the emergency information:
• Leave copies of itinerary and passport data page:
• Check your overseas medical insurance coverage:
• Familiarize yourself with local conditions and laws:
• Take precautions to avoid being a target of crime:
• Contact us in an emergency:
3. What to Take With You on the Trip,
and What to Leave Behind
• Valuables
• Leave Copies of
Documents and
Itinerary With
Relatives in the U.S.
• Plan for the
Unexpected
4. • Travel
• Travelling solo ·
• Rest and relaxation ·
• Beach holidays ·
• Summer holidays
• Meet new people
• Learn more about new
culture……
5. • Swiming around
the Greek islands -
in pictures
• Gallery (10
pictures), 29 Jan
2011: Hannah
Booth had never
been one for group
trips, but then it's
not every day you
get the chance to
swim in the
Aegean between
Greek islands
6. • I am going
on holiday
yessss!
• It will be
great or
Nooow
• Im keen on
holidayssss.
7. • Story Short: Directions
from a homeless Malay
"Hopelessly lost" didn't
quite describe my ill-
fated quest to find my
hostel in Kuala Lumpur.
The innocent-seeming
prelude unfolded shortly
after I parted ways with
two German travellers
and a Buddhist monk;
where exactly I may
identify in hindsight,
yet…
8. • Serial hostel
spooner It was the
end of the world
as we knew it.
Except it didn’t
end, and true to
my precautionary
fashion – and later
celebratory spirit
once past the
threshold into the
new Mayan
calendar – I
brought along a…
9. • The canyon-swung
dislodgement This is
how I'll always
remember my last day
as a 21-year-old. There
was the euphoria of
adrenaline, an
overdose before an
anticipated overdose,
as my quivering body
was thrown about
within a vehicle
tumbling down outer-
Queenstown's rugged
track. Inevitably,…
