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Experience is everything - Whether it is your first

taxi ride in Manhattan as the skyscrapers soar around you

, your first glimpse of Angkor Wat through the early morning mist, or a

drunken night in the clubs and salsa bars of Rio's Coco cabaña

; these are the stories to tell your grandchildren, and inspire you to make your next trip. Now be inspired by thebackpacker.net, read

the best travel stories from around the world

. Users can read other backpackers' adventures and submit their own experiences.

Travel Stories

Shanti Shanti: Travelling Through India with a Smile India

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Indiaaaaaaa

A lovely read and very thoughtful..:-)

Salvador Carnaval Machete Attack Brazil

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AMAZING STORY

amazing story. is salvador really so dangerous? very very scary!!!

Zipping through the jungle, flying through the night Costa Rica

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true to life!

Well put Heidi! Your story put me back in the cloud forest whizzing through the trees. What a fun day that was! Isn't there something about Costa Rica that makes ...

Zipping through the jungle, flying through the night Costa Rica

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Sounds amazing!

Costa Rica isn't a place I'd ever considered visiting, but your words really brought it to life. There is alot more to see and do than I thought. Sounds like ...

Zipping through the jungle, flying through the night Costa Rica

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I wanna do that

sounds like immense fun, adding one more trip to the schedule...

Zipping through the jungle, flying through the night Costa Rica

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Zipping through the jungle...

Sounds like a beautiful experience. Sounds like I need to add Costa Rica to my future must-experience travel destinations.