{"quotes":[{"text":"When I travel, people say ‘Yet another place in this world’. But I see ‘Another world inside every place I go.","author":"Vivek Thangaswamy","tags":["backpacking","travel","traveling-alone"],"id":29664,"author_id":"Vivek+Thangaswamy"},{"text":"Faxian and Xuanzang might have been the first Chinese to travel to India, but sometimes it felt like I was the first.","author":"Hong Mei","tags":["asia","backpacking","calcutta","china","chinese","delhi","explorers","faxian","india","indian","kolkata","mumbai","travel","women","xuanzang","中国","印度","旅游"],"id":45125,"author_id":"Hong+Mei"},{"text":"Meandering cows, tenacious bicyclers, belching taxis, rickshaws, fearless pedestrians and the occasional mobile ‘cigarette and sweets’ stand all fought our taxi for room on the narrow two-lane road turned local byway.","author":"Jennifer S. Alderson","tags":["asia","backpacking","memoir","nepal","thailand","travel","travel","travel-writing","traveling-abroad","traveling-alone","volunteering"],"id":209628,"author_id":"Jennifer+S.+Alderson"},{"text":"It's not 'jalan-jalan' nor 'liburan'. It's just something we do naturally. Like breathing and eating. It's basically living.","author":"Riana Ambarsari","tags":["adventure","backpacking","traveling"],"id":221399,"author_id":"Riana+Ambarsari"},{"text":"The world isn't built with a ramp.","author":"Walt Balenovich","tags":["backpacking","disability","travel"],"id":248320,"author_id":"Walt+Balenovich"},{"text":"...That's the difference between backpackers and holiday makers. The former can't help but invite hassle whilst the latter pay to escape it.","author":"Harry Whitewolf","tags":["backpack","backpacker","backpacking","travel","travel","travel-writing","traveling","travelling"],"id":255316,"author_id":"Harry+Whitewolf"},{"text":"Backpackers can pack much more meows than baggers. Beggars never feed stray cats as street cats are self-sustaining.","author":"Will Advise","tags":["alley","always","backpack","backpacking","backpacks","bags","beggars","cat","cats","food","meow","packing","self-sustaining","street"],"id":310102,"author_id":"Will+Advise"},{"text":"The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with every conceivable measure of safety and comfort under the sun. But that isn't what being in nature is all about. Rather, it's about feeling free, unbounded, shedding the distractions and barriers of our civilization—not bringing them with us.","author":"Ryel Kestenbaum","tags":["backpacking","barriers","burden","civilization","distractions","freedom","hiking","nature","safety","ultralight","unbound","wilderness"],"id":310120,"author_id":"Ryel+Kestenbaum"},{"text":"Always take the scenic route.","author":"Janice Anderson","tags":["backpacking","enlightenment","enlightenment","hiking","nature","peace","peace","secular-enlightenment","secular-enlightenment","travel"],"id":329100,"author_id":"Janice+Anderson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":9,"pages":1}}