Hostel Ruta de Chiapas - I was there and paid for a month. Looked fine, the people who run it were soft spoken and friendly. Good first...
ancientnomad
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Left everything behind on December 1, 2007. Vancouver. Mexico, Central America, South America by bus, boats. Then Asia. Now in China. So… it’s my fourth year traveling!…. No destination, just destiny to which I surrender.Recent activity
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posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Hostel Ruta de Chiapas - not recommended in San Cristobal in the Americas - Mexico Branch
about 1 month ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Hostelworld - balance payment on arrival question in the Americas - United States of America Branch
Hello,...
3 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Border Crossing Guatemala - Honduras in the Americas - Central America Branch
Great point Delmonte - it was very useful to me right now in December 2011. I just have been asking around about it and all I heard was the...
5 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Backpacking to Calakmul in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Lots of info but I still can't figure out how a backpacker can see the ruins.......
6 months ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Exchanging money in Venezuela etc. in the Americas - South America Branch
I will be arriving in Caracas at the airport. I know the unofficial exchange rate is about 3 times the official. ...
9 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called China Visa Extension thread in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Whatever they did, in their Chinese way, they lost at least one so far very happy customer. Not a very wise thing to do for a country...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called China Visa Extension thread in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
First, as much as it is in a way pointless, it will feel good to express my opinion on how retarded and shortsighted, in my opinion, this...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Thanks. I will see as I go along... Doing it cheap is my first priority though. I will just have to suck it up.
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called True Shoestring - Whats the cheapest you've travelled? in the Travel on a shoestring Branch
Vancouver (Canada), Bellingham Airport (US), flight to San Diego (US), Tijuana, Ensenada (Mexico)- stayed there 2 weeks, back to Tijuana,...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Thanks for the tip! I will look into that. I've done trips lasting four days non stop sitting on a bus, so I should be ok. I also need to...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Thank you guys for all the advise!...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
No seats from Nanjing they say for the next 10 days. And you can{t book/buy or even check if there is a place in/from another city....
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Thanks. I will talk to an agent in a few minutes. A bus to the train station is 2 Yuan one way, an agent charges 5 Yuan, so I will try to...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Nanjing to Beijing - no direct train seats in the Asia - North-East Asia Branch
Well, no seats till May. I have been really unlucky with my travel dates aligning with either expos (and hotel rates double), weekends (and...
about 1 year ago








