Summer plan for Backpacking Tips Asia 2012

I haven't forgotten about you. I've been contemplating about writing new articles for the last month, but I just don't have the time. I've answered important emails from readers, but that's all I had time for. I got a new full-time job from May 1st, working with water resources and energy law, and I've been using the last month to read up on my exam, which was due on May 16th!

So, finally I can breathe with the exams finalized. I will start working on new articles this week. I haven't published any new Backpacking Tips Asia Newsletter since March, but hopefully I will send one out by the end of this month :)

The project for this summer will be the following:

•  Update all three ebooks (Map Your Adventure, Ticket to safe backpacking and Asia Planners FAQ).

If you have already purchased one of these ebooks, don't worry. I will send the updates to you for free when they're ready.

• My cousin just returned from Vietnam, and I have done some preliminary interviews. The first articles about Vietnam will be:

             - General information about Vietnam
             - Hoi An information and tips (accommodation, food, nightlife and transportation)

• New articles (what the articles will be about are not certain at this point)

Amanda

Technical Issues

Due to some technical bugs which I'm not the master of, I can't post any articles or posts to the site. 

These posts are ready and will be released once the tech part is OK:
- Seoul shopping
- Seoul nightlife
- Forum post about itinerary

I got a lot of help from my sister regarding the articles about Seoul. All of it is her reviews and comments, and they should help you in the planning process ;-)

Amanda

New ebook on Malaysia itineraries and backpacking route planners

Two days ago I created another short ebook (22 pages) on how to create itineraries for Malaysia. It's detailed and simple, and contains itinerary suggestions with maps and a time table, how to travel around in the country by different means of transport and much more.

Click here to read more about the Malaysia ebook

Amanda :)))

Create the perfect itinerary with Map Your Adventure!

On Sunday I released my second ebook called Map Your Adventure! :-) It's about how to create a successful itinerary for Southeast Asia and/or India. The idea is very simple, broken into seven steps which is easy for anyone to follow. The eBook contains 76 pages and over 50 different itineraries with different time frames.

On top of this, there's a chapter that covers how to travel around in Southeast Asia and India. The point here is to give you the heads up on the means of transport. Thailand for example is a country with good infrastructure, so traveling from A to B is more efficient and easier. That also means that you will have minimal problems backpacking around Thailand. 

I've been writing on this ebook for a long time. Frankly I had breakdowns once in a while since creating a GOOD itinerary isn't always easy.

But since my goal was to create realistic itineraries, I poured everything I had in me into these route planners. I've even added recommended days to stay at each destination, to make it even easier to create an itinerary.

Price: $ 9.95

Read more about Map Your Adventure

I also offer country or region booklets for my readers. You don't need to buy the whole book if you're just interested in a particular country. For now, I've created booklets for Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia and India. I chose Thailand, Malaysia and India since these are typically visited countries in Asia (and also good hits on Mother Google).

Price: $ 7.95 or $ 3.95

Map Your Adventure Booklets

Ticket to Safe Backpacking

Today I released Ticket to Safe Backpacking: it's a guide containing 98 pages of useful safety advice.

You'll learn about scams in SE Asia and India -- and how to avoid them, how to survive a border crossing, what to expect as a first-time traveler, responsible travel, health safety, money safety and about potential dangers in SE Asia and India.

To help you further in your planning, I've added three free resources which you can use:
1) 60 ways of backpacking cheap
2) A Master Backpacking Checklist (a revised one)
3) A detailed guide on how to find the right accommodation

I'm excited that my book has received good travel reviews from online travel experts.

You should check it out! :)

For more information, visit
Ticket to Safe Backpacking

Amanda

ONLINE PHOTO CONTEST!!!

We've just started an online photo contest. By submitting one photo, you already get free publicity. If your photo wins, it will be posted throughout Backpacking Tips Asia.com and exposed for over a month.

We will also link to your site, blog or whatever :-)

Have in mind that our website receives over 21,000 visitors a month -- that was just last month. In June, there were nearly 74,000 page views... you can just imagine how much exposure your work gets!

Check out online photo contests!

School work versus Backpacking

It has be non-stop ride ever since I got back from India. If you have noticed little activity on Backpacking Tips Asia.com -- you're right!

I'm writing an exam paper, which is very interesting :-) I have to deliver an exam paper containing 65 pages of the data I collected during my field work in Kerala. Am I done after that? - No. I still have an oral presentation the week after, and then oral exams in mid-June. What am I trying to say?

Not much articles and updates will be done to the site until after mid-June.

Please be patient ;-)

Amanda