Comments by "redfish337" (@redfish337) on "Top 10 Backpacking Destinations" video.

  1. I've done it. It's fun. Hostels are $15-35, and generally immaculate. You can get a 1, 2, or 3 week rail pass as a tourist. Expensive, but travel is expensive there, and it'll do most of the heavy lifting for you, and you can do say Kanto and Kansai for a week or two on each end of the trip. It's on the expensive end for backpacking, but it's Japan.
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  2. Check wikipedia, there are literally two different pages on backpacking. One is as you describe, the other is more or less what this video is about. Basically, taking just a bag or two, and traveling over a country/region/continent over an extended period of time, not necessarily even knowing where you're going more than a day or two in advance, with generally a greater interest in exploring the culture and meeting people than you would get on a vacation where you can easily be insulated.
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  3. All I'm saying is, maybe watchmojo doesn't quite understand what they're going for (seeing as they put a wilderness one in honorable mentions), but you're similarly missing out on what backpacking CAN mean. Quite a few people finish college and backpack Europe or SE Asia for a month or two or three before starting work. If your job is a bit more seasonal or contract-based then people can still get away anyway- or sometimes they'll take it with them (photographers, bloggers, etc). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(travel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(wilderness)
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  4. It's both. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(travel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(wilderness) Expand your horizons a bit and try both.
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