Reason for Backpacking Europe

Reason 1

(My Journey) We, young brother and I chose Europe as a place for backpacking because Europe is the best place for backpackers.

In other words, Europe is a safety place for traveling around if you compare to other places. You can wander within the city without worrying somethings.

Many experts say "For junior, first-time backpacker, Europe is a place for getting start. Have a good infrastructure system, politically safety, low criminal, cultures familiar, people are more polite and educated. "

There got whatever things and facilities which to be prepared for backpacker needed, for example, good transportation system like hiring bicycle, subway and bus, best place for walking, numerous information center in city, free guiding(excluding tip), many quality hostels which are available for backpackers, foods and so on.

Geographically, Europe continent can be divided into 4 parts, which are Western Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and South Europe.

Well, the final destinations we decided to backpack which were United Kingdom (London), Netherlands (Amsterdam) , and France (Paris). Meaning that we chose Northern and Western Europe.

Why Northern and Western, but not South and Eastern?

The reason are simple because Northern and Western are most familiar to us, safety, politically stable and well-developed than South and Eastern. However, it doesn't mean South and Eastern are not a best for traveling. On the other hands, these places we choosing are the hot places for backpacking.

Since we were backpackers for the first time, we didn't have any experience. Therefore we chose them as backpacking places - Our first-stop!!

Reason 2

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1After the trip, I love to be a backpacker because traveling like a backpacker is very different than you traveling with a tour guide, traveling agency or tour bus.

2You have had the power to control of time and place where you want to go and visit. If you think that the place you had visited is meaningful for you, you can plan to go back to the place for second or third time etc. Even though you are tiring during the trip, you can go back to your hostel for sleeping and then go out for continuing your journey. That's one of awesome reason to be a backpacker.

3Besides you can walk there and here without worrying about other group or people. You don't need to wait someone else for toilet or missing in somewhere for regrouping.

4As a backpacker you are able to learn how to be an insightful, vigilant, knowledgeable and independent person. You learn how to plan the schedule and whole journey for oneself, to observe the foreign place that not familiar to you, learn how to protect yourself and your personal things in foreign country, what should do and what should not to do and try, what kind of things you need to avoid from being injured or others, to be friendly and polite when talking to people, time-sensitiveness, money consciousness, etc that you cannot learn from touring.

5Indeed, the best part to be a backpacker is you can pretend as a local people. Nobody can discern who you are, either you are visitor or local people. Who's care?

6The best things you can learn from backpacking are observation and integration yourself to be part of them(local people). As fast as possible for Learning their language like how to say "Accuses me or Thank Q in France"

7Seeing what the local people sees, and feeling what the local people feels. If you go with a tour, everything you travel is planned and well-organized. You never see what is behind from the city. For instance, you will not talk to a stranger(most of the time you talk with tour guide), walking in a non-visitor street or place,  taking a subway and bus to the place you want to go. So, the attitude and feeling were just like you moved to a new place for living.

8Another reason to be a Backpacker is learn how to use your limited resources to complete your whole journey. Also, to be a backpacking, bringing as less as possible if you can. - backpacking need to walk a lot and run a lot if you rush for somethings like (a Train to somewhere or nowhere)-

So, that's the life of backpacker. To be continue - Get ready