Author	Message
rebekah Member Australia	# Posted: 12 Sep 2006 23:44:30 Hi, I am a marketing student at QUT, Brisbane Australia and I have been given the task to discover how backpackers from different cultures search for information prior to their trips. This forum is already giving me some valuable information, but I would really appreciate any further details anyone could give me by answering the following questions: What nationality are you? Your age? How do you research where you would like to travel? How do you keep in touch with loved ones while on your journey? I really appreciate any feedback you can give me. thank you, Bek

jenchicago Member United States of America	# Posted: 22 Jan 2007 22:21:49 Nationality: I am Mexican and Cuban living in Chicago, IL USA and born in USA Age: 22 Research: for my trip to Mexico, I went to areas where my family had never been/was not from so I researched on the web and because I was doing a Mayan route type of thing I also research a few anthropology texts and pyramid map sites. i asked various people I met in Chicago who were mexican prior to my trip where they recommend going, where they've been etc. I am fortunate enough to speak the language so when I got to my destinations I also asked the locals where they go and where it's worth visiting. Keeping in touch: internet mainly, phoning from Mexico to the US is expensive because their entire phone system is so monopolized. so email. "To know and not to act is not to know"