backpack Archives - Yassine Laaroussi https://larrozzi.com/tag/backpack/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:18:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 67438666 Koh Tao, a swing on a palm tree  https://larrozzi.com/koh-tao/ https://larrozzi.com/koh-tao/#respond Sun, 15 Jan 2017 09:55:38 +0000 http://larrozzi.com/?p=2112 A photo posted by Yassine Laaroussi (@larrozzi) on Nov 10, 2014 at 7:37am PST For a month, I noticed most travelers in Koh Phangan were passersby, their immediate next destination would be Koh Tao. For a month I kept hearing about this island being the scuba diving Mecca of the world, I could already imagine what…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/koh-tao/feed/ 0 2112 My Ups and downs living in Koh Phangan https://larrozzi.com/ups-downs-living-koh-phangan/ https://larrozzi.com/ups-downs-living-koh-phangan/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:15:59 +0000 http://larrozzi.com/?p=1947 Happiness only real when shared—Christopher McCandless    At a restaurant, In Haadrin, Koh phangan, head down, staring at my Shnitzel sandwitch, my second and last meal of the day, background sounds of the tv show “friends” playing. I feel a tap on my shoulder, I look up and no it’s not the waiter, it’s no…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/voluntarily-stuck-in-bangkok/feed/ 0 1575 My week in Beijing https://larrozzi.com/my-week-in-beijing/ https://larrozzi.com/my-week-in-beijing/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:35:01 +0000 http://larrozzi.com/?p=1467 “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Day 1, Tuesday: Meeting my Host   The bullet train to Beijing took about 6 hours from Shanghai, this, more than anything else, made me realize how enormous…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/my-week-in-beijing/feed/ 0 1467 Out of gas in the middle of nowhere https://larrozzi.com/out-of-gas-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/ https://larrozzi.com/out-of-gas-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:40:16 +0000 http://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=623   It’s been almost three months on the road already and Hitchhiking have always been something I wanted to try but I still never had the courage to not book that train or bus ticket and instead just take the road and let go of any negative thoughts, meeting other hitchhikers didn’t help much, it…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/out-of-gas-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/feed/ 0 623 My trip to Tokyo https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-tokyo/ https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-tokyo/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:06:02 +0000 http://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=443 Some would call it crazy, some would call it adventurous, and many have already called it irresponsible, my long planning, has just come to an end, and now the fun part has just started. Six months In Asia, first stop Tokyo. Now if you asked me before I got there, what do you know about…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-tokyo/feed/ 13 443 My trip to Vancouver https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-vancouver/ https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-vancouver/#respond Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:24:44 +0000 https://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=430 Going to Vancouver was a decision I made as soon as I saw I had enough points in my Aeroplan account that  I can’t use in my trip to Asia since I’m eligible to get a free flight only if it’s a round-trip, it was kinda the same way I went to New York last November,…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/my-trip-to-vancouver/feed/ 0 430 35.733327 139.779567 35.733327 139.779567 Planing a trip is overwhelming https://larrozzi.com/planing-a-trip-is-overwhelming/ https://larrozzi.com/planing-a-trip-is-overwhelming/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2014 05:45:51 +0000 http://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=388 Few weeks back I had this question from a friend on Facebook : how is the planning of the trip? I looked at it and I felt the need of hugging the person maybe because it was the first time I actually got asked that exact simple question since I’ve been planing this trip for at…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/planing-a-trip-is-overwhelming/feed/ 0 388 Travelling alone is like going to a club alone https://larrozzi.com/travelling-alone-is-like-going-to-a-club-alone/ https://larrozzi.com/travelling-alone-is-like-going-to-a-club-alone/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2013 05:53:01 +0000 http://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=379   I’ve had my share of going to clubs for while before I cached the travel bug and decided to cut many expenses , and start saving in every way possible,  what I noticed is when I used to go out, I would call some friend to join me and most of the time, they…

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]]> https://larrozzi.com/travelling-alone-is-like-going-to-a-club-alone/feed/ 0 379 New york for a weekend https://larrozzi.com/new-york-for-a-weekend/ https://larrozzi.com/new-york-for-a-weekend/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:37:32 +0000 http://roadtoworldtour.wordpress.com/?p=209 29 November 2013, My first time to New York, I dreamed about visiting this city for a long time, and I am definitely coming back and probably living there for a while. I am so happy I got into travel hacking, knowing how to travel cheaply helps me not only to compare many places and…

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