Today, I’m going to introduce a very trendy activity called “CouchSurfing”. What is it exactly ?

This expression recently appeared thanks to the openning of a new service nammed as the CouchSurfing project. Created in 2004, it a non-profit association, which aims at helping travelers from all around the world to meet each others. More precisely, it gives the globetrotter an opportunity to offer a couch (or a bed,…something that allow you to sleep !) for one or several days to another people travelling around. The association’s motto ? “The world is smaller than yoy think“. Then you probably better understand the spirit… (Read more…)

Here is her blog’s name ! Few weeks after Thomas’s interview, here is a new blog selection. Recently, I discovered Bénédicte’s blog, a young french girl who left France to spend a full year in Australia with her boyfriend, thanks to the Australian working holyday program.

What an opportunity to learn more about this huge country (more than 15 times the size of France) ! I was firstly seduced by the design of her blog, and I then decided to learn more about her. Bénédicte finally answered to my questions using the Seesmic service. Interview. (Read more…)

Few months ago, I discovered the amazing adventure of Matt, an american who just can’t stop travelling. I already spoke about him on my professional blog, this man is a real God for a lot of globetrotters (don’t say you are not envy him, I won’t believe you) and I’m really admiring him. Moreover, you can notive that I used his background image for my blog.

This afternoon, Matt made his readers a surprise while uploading his new video for 2008. Stronger in emotions than the previous one, and you just couldn’t fail to be impressed …

Regularly, I choose to share with you my discovery of globetrotters blogs. The first focus is then dedicated to Thomas’s blog.

Why starting with it ? Simply because his world tour, from September 2006 to September 2007, is a project that is very close to mine : a solo departure, mostly by feet ( he choose the hitch-hiking solution), and also a “flash that I already experienced…He’s explaining it on his blog : “…And then the project finally became a evidence , a “flash” : this is an incontrovertible thing to do, and it’s now or never !”

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I choose to make you discover the traveler ethical chart, that i found on the blog Rêves de Nomades (I’ll soon write an article about this fantastic website).

Discover more while reading the full article… (Read more…)

Laura and Julien were just married when they decided to leave France for 8 months. Their world tour included Polynesia, Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Tibet and India…A wonderful trip.

Eve-Laure and Michaël had a more adventurous angle. Their travel had been planned for a full year, like mine. Their blog is called Au Fil du Monde and is full of helpful tips and fascinating stories throughout their amazing itinerary.

Lili and Ced tell us their 9 months story around the world. This young couple had often updated their blog quite often during the trip. It’s a good example to follow.

Sarita is a french girl, and has recently engaged as a volunteer in Mexico…this only means one thing: another globetrotter to follow !

Finally, here’s a a very consistent database about globetrotters blogs. Don’t miss it