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HN comment orderAt the end of the 90s backpacking in Asia wasn't all that different. I did this for several months at a time without a cell phone, internet cafés were very slow and unreliable and there was no good way to book budget accommodation anyway. Lonely planet was the only decent source of info but it didn't cover it all. I spent some time on islands in the Mekong in Laos where there was only a few hrs of electricity per…
My parents were both travelers of this period. I sent them the article. Parent one: This is just the time I was in Indonesia. End of 1971. No guidebooks. No english spoken. A different time. A wonderful time to be travelling. It's so true about the expense of developing pics. Which continued after we had children. Parent two: Great article. I remember those dorms in India and the 6 weeks I spent in Nepal where you walked or cycled everywhere…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 441
- Total comments
- 234
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-09 | The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970sFirst breakout · Best thread | I-M-S | 226 | 90 |
| 2021-03-28 | The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s | tim_sw | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-05-26 | The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s (2018)Latest 20+ point return | andyjohnson0 | 214 | 144 |