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Using The Sell, Swap & Meet Up Branch

As stated in our Website Terms, if you are using the Sell, Swap & Meet Up branch, you do so at your own risk, but here are some general guidelines:

Listing and selling stuff;
(a) Only items that are related to travel should be listed here - this is a travel forum not a cheap electronics or knock-off designer handbag forum. Posted items that are not relevant to this forum will be removed at our discretion;
(b) This is forum for individuals to sell occasional items. This forum cannot be used to list commercial websites, nor should it be used as your personal online storefront.
(c) If you’re selling something, make sure you’re legally able to sell it, and don’t forget to include any terms of sale. There are some things which you're not allowed to sell (because of laws and/or Lonely Planet's policy). They include: alcohol, animals... more »

Company in LA

Will be in LA from the 22/1/2010 till 27/1/2010...

Looking for people to hang out with and show me around LA.

Tibet , Lasa - Nepal: Mid December

Hi,
I am a solo traveler planning Beijing, Tibet, (Lhasa) Nepal trip. Planning to start in Beijing around Dec 18th. I plan to get to Lhasa by train and am looking for people who would like to share the cost of a trip. I haven't settled on a particular company or the exact dates but I would like to be in Nepal around the New Years. If you are interested please send me a private message.

Thanks!

seeking travel companion for overland around Africa 2010

I am planning to drive from the UK (Oxford) to South Africa.
Starting late February or mid March 2010 if I can get my act together in time.
I plan an open ended, leisured trip, expect several months or more. Hopefully will extend north through East Africa. Is it possible to drive all the way north to Egypt, then home?
Driving a '91 Pajero 4X4. Minimum preparation planned, change oil, check tires, let's roll.
Seeking either a travel companion (mainly for company and safety, help share costs) or other driver or group to make a mini convoy. Knowledge of French or local languages would be a real help.
I'm male, 72 years old (last fling before senility) in reasonably good shape but high mileage. Reasonably competent traveller (lived in, inter alia, India, Pakistan, Ghana). Fair level of mechanical ability, limited language skills, no French, some Spanish, German.
If you are intere... more »

UK, Finland and Spain

I'm from Brazil, and I'll be going to a short backpacker trip in Europe at the next spring. I've plans to stay in London (where I'll arrive at 22nd or 23rd april 2010) for a while and then expend a week or so traveling north in the UK, heading Edinburgh.

I've did a masterplan:

* First a 10 days trip on UK, places to be defined, but on this tripe would like to stop in Manchester, and also see some of the typical countryside.

* Later a week trip over Finland, from Helsinki to the Lapland (I've some friends in this country and some places to stay as well)

* Finaly some two weeks in Spain (there I'll be travelling with a local friend,and we'll go driving from Barcelona to Valencia, Madrid, and then to the south, finishing in Marocco or Portugal.

Anyone willing to join in one or more of this legs?

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Jan 1 to 14 Travel-climb-drink partners¿ Patagonia?

Hola,

I´ll be coming off Aconcagua around New Years eve. Just wondering if anybody is interested in meeting up for a little traveling, climbing, or drinking. I leave from Santiago Chile on the 17th so I I have about two weeks to fill. Curious if any potential travel partners are interested in planning an adventure. I´m a 25 gringo with heaps of travel experience. facebook/whoiswillhockett

If interested in Patagonia, I have a four season tent. If interested in climbing, I won´t have rock pro. But will be acclimatized. If interested in just bouncing around,it´d be nice to find a man or woman to share the bumpy back roads of argentinawith.

Cheers,

W!ll

Looking for travel company Brazzaville-Douala feb 2010

Hi all!

Im a swedish nature enthusiast enjoying the more complex african roads. Coming february/march (2010) I plan a trip from Brazzaville to Douala via Ouesso. The cameroonian part of the journey seems straightforward enough, but for the congolese part I would be very interested in finding a fellow traveller to team up with. My plan is to fly into Brazzaville by the middle of february. From there I plan to either travel east by boat along the Congo river and then onto the Sangha up towards Ouesso and the Cameroonian border, or head north from Brazzaville by road towards Ouesso. I would very much prefer the boatride, but it all depends on availability and timing. Of course I plan to visit various interesting places, not least Ndoki Nouabale NP in northern Congo, along the way. Anyone interested? Adventures guaranteed...

• I would also be very happy to gain any information avail...

Texas to Mexico/Guatemala hitching

Hey all,

I am in Austin, Texas and want to get down to Guatemala for a month. I like traveling by hitching especially because it connects you with people a lot as you travel. I am ok doing it on my own, but don't know if its the best idea as a girl alone in Mexico, which is pretty macho and so on. Which is why I am posting here.

I like to go to remote places, shut up and listen, understand how people are living, have fun, explore, spend little.

I can leave second week of December. I'm thinking to be traveling for about a month.

Email me at satori6 (at) hotmail.com if this is the kind of thing you might want to do together for sometime.