MadTraveler

Feb 282014
 

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The title says it all. This is raw footage of an armed government forcefully dispersing a crowd of peaceful students. It appears as though the government is shooting live rounds of ammunition at the students. I can only imagine the terror that people are experience all over Venezuela.

Please share this video to as many people as you can!!! Venezuela is currently preventing media outlets from accurately reporting on the situation and all the people have is social media.

If you have any raw footage like this that you want to be exposed to the world, private message usl.

I wish everyone only the best!

Jan 312014
 

This article covers everything you need to do to get a long-stay visitor visa for France (allows you to stay longer than 3 months).  I just went through this process and received my “Long stay visa for visitors.”  This article is intended to answer any questions that you may have and to clear up general confusion in regards to some of the requirements.  Here, I will cover every step, explain every document, and tell you exactly what I did in order to get this visa.  

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Dec 062013
 

The U.K. is notorious for having the most difficult border crossing in Europe.  The border agents for the U.K. are the strictest, most annoying, and down-right ridiculous immigration control people of any country that I have been to in Europe.

I have had to endure questioning from these dolts so many times that I can’t even count; but, through this process, I have learned what they want to hear and what they don’t want to hear.

Below, I will share my experiences with you and tell you how to get through the U.K. immigration control.

This also works exactly the same for Ireland.  Anywhere you read “U.K.” in this article, you can also read it as “U.K. and Ireland.”

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Nov 202013
 

This is a comprehensive review of my Croatia sailing experience. It covers everything from what the boat is like, the living conditions, a typical day, what the people are like, and my thoughts on the whole experience and whether you should or should not do it (hint: you should not).

I went with the tour company Busabout on a 7-8 day one way sail from Dubrovnik to Split on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia; but, this review should apply equally to just about all of the other tour companies running a sailing experience between Split and Dubrovnik, regardless of the route. All of the tour companies use the same type of boats, follow the same route, and dock next to each other during the day and night; regardless of which company you use, the experience will be similar if not exactly the same.

Also, I must mention that I paid for this tour myself. Some travel bloggers were given this trip for free and you should not at all trust their reviews!

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Nov 152013
 

Perast, Montenegro is a beautiful port city that is surrounded by some of the most amazing mountains that I have seen outside of Switzerland.  Here is a gallery of the best photos that I took while in Perast.

Lots of wonderful photos are included in the post below! 🙂

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Nov 062013
 

Have you ever met a person where you just thought “wow, this is amazing; this is something special; this is simply someone that I want to be around.”  You can’t explain it and you don’t know exactly why you feel this way but there is just something, something intangible that exists between you and this person.

Well, I met such a person while in Florence, Italy and it was the best 45 seconds of my trip to Italy.

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Oct 312013
 

I want to talk about Space Bags and whether or not you should use it when you travel.  This may seem like a no-brainer, but after traveling now for 13 months straight, I’ve changed my opinion on it a bit.

Below, I will analyze when I think you should use it and when I think it will cause you more trouble than it is worth.

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Oct 282013
 

Paris is such a beautiful and lovely city full of nice, warm, welcoming people that just want you to have an enjoyable time in the world’s capital of tourism.

Yeah…right….

Let’s talk about the time a crack whore chased me back to my hostel in Paris.

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