backpacking – Alison the Adventurer

Travel Tips

Ultimate Travel Essentials

Posted on August 14, 2023May 2, 2024by alisontheadventurer

I never travel without these items!

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Travel Tips

Five Things You Need to Know About Iceland Before Visiting Iceland

Posted on October 30, 2022February 17, 2023by alisontheadventurer

All you need to know about Iceland before visiting Iceland

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Travel Tips

11 Ways to Travel Around the Land of Fire and Ice

Posted on October 23, 2022February 17, 2023by alisontheadventurer

How to get around Iceland

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Featured

How to (Pretty Much) Guarantee a Southbound John Muir Trail Permit

Posted on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022by alisontheadventurer

How to actually get a JMT permit

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John Muir Trail

How Thru-Hiking The John Muir Trail Changed Me

Posted on November 5, 2021February 7, 2022by alisontheadventurer

This is a blog about my very first thru-hike, the John Muir Trail!

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Travel Tips

Battle of the Daypacks

Posted on January 17, 2021November 5, 2021by alisontheadventurer

Looking for a daypack? Check out this post!

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Travel Tips

The GORUCK GR2 vs Tortuga Setout

Posted on April 28, 2020November 5, 2021by alisontheadventurer

A gear review about the GORUCK GR2 and Tortuga Setout.

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Travel Tips

How I Only Spent $200 on Accommodation During Two Months Abroad in Europe

Posted on January 17, 2020November 5, 2021by alisontheadventurer

I tried Couchsurfing during two months abroad in Europe and this is how it went!

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Trips Abroad

A Very Bali Birthday

Posted on February 15, 2019November 5, 2021by alisontheadventurer

Spending my birthday in Bali to kick off three months abroad in Southeast Asia!

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Trips Abroad

24 Hours in Shanghai

Posted on December 3, 2018November 5, 2021by alisontheadventurer

I had a layover in Shanghai and got to explore a country I had never been before.

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