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        <title>RE: First time backpacking, tight budget, help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Join a hostel association for cheap dorm type accommodation.]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Save your breath guys, the OP is not responding.]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[<div class="jive-quote">One thing us old timers have nagging at us is;</div>...]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Check out www.helpx.net, which has work exchange (volunteer for free room and board) listings all over the world. Helpx has been invaluable to me for budget traveling. Most placements ask for about 20 hours a week, which gives you plenty of time to...]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Read "Europe Through the Back Door". for first timers.<br />
<br />
But old Rick can make a gadget freak of you.<br />
<br />
One thing us old timers have nagging at us is;<br />
What we pack on every trip, but never used.<br />
<br />
lol]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Hello all, I'm Callie and I have never before been backpacking. I've always wanted to though. So, I was planning to take a gap semester during my sophomore year of college (fall 2013). I'm a typical broke college student, so I'm looking for cheap ways of...]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Like many here, I could write a book-length punch list of travel tips (most of which would be true.)<br />...]]></description>
        

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            <description><![CDATA[Couchsurfing will save you a bundle, plus you often get a host in the know to show you around. Check websites for car shares too, splitting petrol money is usually a bit cheaper than bus or train tickets. Both these options are better if you are...]]></description>
        

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