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How To Avoid Being Robbed On The Road

July 23, 2013 by The Runaway Guide 6 Comments

When I ran away and lived on the streets of Europe and the Middle East, I acquired certain survival skills. I learned which dumpsters would yield the best food. I learned how to jump trains, hitchhike and travel for free.  And although it took me many fights, I also learned how to outsmart and avoid […]

Filed Under: Health & Spirit Tagged: colombia, egypt, italy

Visit The Pyramids For Cheaper Than You Think

March 1, 2013 by The Runaway Guide 3 Comments

standing on a roof looking at the great pyramids

We’ve all seen them in pictures or on our 3D Hi-Def Tv’s, but there’s nothing like seeing them in true life. Whether you visit them on foot, camel, horse, or see them from the second floor of the adjacent Pizza Hut, they are truly a sight to behold. They are a grand testament to man’s […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged: adventure, cairo, egypt

How To Protest Around The World

February 13, 2013 by The Runaway Guide 6 Comments

how to protest in egypt

I look up. A volley of cans are hurling in a high arc through the smoke filled air. I immediately calculate their trajectories and realize they’re heading right for me. With zero time, I leap to safety. The first one lands just a few feet from where I was standing. White gas suffocates the air. […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged: adventure, cairo, egypt

How To Haggle Like a Pro

September 1, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 24 Comments

Few feelings are worse as a budget backpacker than knowing that you’ve just been ripped off. You feel cheated, outwitted, and like a dumb tourist. Scenes of your antagonist laughing his/her way to the bank begin to plague your waking life. You imagine all the meals you could have afforded if you hadn’t succumbed to […]

Filed Under: Budget Travel Tagged: budget, egypt, middle east, morocco

Run Away To Egypt

August 12, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 6 Comments

Egypt is an ideal travel destination for the intense budget backpacker or runaway. It is remarkably cheap, it is full of ancient wonders, and has a great hostel/backpacker scene. It’s people are friendly, when they aren’t yelling at each other, and the food is clean and delicious. Despite the recent revolution, Egypt is a relatively […]

Filed Under: Country Guides Tagged: cairo, country guides, egypt

The Coolest Hostel in Cairo

June 10, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 2 Comments

a private room with large window at dahab hostel in cairo

There’s no city like Cairo. No city where the sugar cane juice is always on tap. Where Shawma, Koshary, Fried Cheese Sandwich’s and Pigeon can be bought on nearly every corner. Where the beats blast so loud from speakers jerry rigged to scooters that the reverberations shake ones inner ear to a blissful nausea. It’s […]

Filed Under: Hideouts, Runaway's Blog Tagged: cairo, egypt, runaway retreats

Looking Down the Barrel of Anti-Semitism in Egypt

March 29, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 20 Comments

A few weeks ago when I was back in Cairo, I had an intense encounter that nearly ended my life. More so than being a terrifying experience, it forced me to make a difficult decision. That being, whether to stay true to my beliefs and risk death in the face of a home made gun […]

Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: adventure, cairo, egypt

A Bike Ride Through Egypt

March 26, 2012 by The Runaway Guide 4 Comments

After spending a month in Dahab hostel in downtown Cairo, I was beginning to get bored. I had already hurled stones at the police and experienced the full power of tear gas but I needed something more. I needed a challenge. All of a sudden, I recalled a German girl who I met on the […]

Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: adventure, egypt, Leif

Crazy Cairo: A 2 Minute Taste

December 1, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 6 Comments

This past month in Cairo has been wonderful. It is such a crazy and cheap city that it’s hard to get bored here. I love the people (minus the scammers), the hookah bars, the shawrma, the Koshary, cheap roof top hostels, ancient pyramids, and most of all my beloved sugar cane juice. And because of […]

Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: blog, egypt, travel films

The Cost Of Cairo

November 12, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 17 Comments

I have met quite a few travelers who really hate Cairo. They can’t stand the dust, the car fumes, the constant cacophony of honks, and the strange foods. For me however, all of those reasons are why I love Cairo. I love how non-western, crazy and funky the city is. I love wandering alone through […]

Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: budget, cairo, egypt

The World’s Cheapest Countries

September 20, 2011 by The Runaway Guide 23 Comments

fury fruit in thailand

While the dollar has actually risen against the British pound in recent years, travel in the UK remains a budget killer. Fortunately, not all countries are as expensive as the UK or Western Europe. In fact, the majority of the world’s developing countries are comparable to great budget dollar stores. However, even among the worlds […]

Filed Under: Runaway's Blog Tagged: budget, bulgaria, egypt, india, nepal

Who Is The Runaway Guide?

When I was 16 I ran away from home and traveled the world with nothing but the clothes on my back. Over 10 years later and I'm still "on the run," surviving in style, thriving off adventure, searching for that elusive road to enlightenment, and cultivating the life of travel that I want to live. More...






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