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An image of Venice, Italy taken by me      As this semester ends, I realize that I've become different as both a writer and a reader than I thought I would. As I mentioned in my first blog post, in August, I said that I am average but enthusiastic as a reader and writer. I stated that my main goal for this class was to develop into a better story teller, and to improve my writing skills overall. And now after writing eight blogs, reading many articles, studying backpacking

Being a Part of the Backpacking World I've been researching the backpacking travel community since the beginning of this semester. I have come to realize that belonging to this community is based on more than simply traveling with a backpack. It is actually about the way one communicates with others within the community and the way one lives their life when they're away from home. The backpacking travel community uses words like " authentic " travel and " slow travel ," howev

Review of Hostelworld  For this week's blog, I will be doing a review of one of the biggest, most influential websites in the backpacking travel world. This website is called Hostelworld it is the online home of backpackers. Since I have been writing about travel and backpacking for my blogs this semester, I thought it would make sense to write about a website that so many backpackers use to figure out all of their travel plans, Hostelworld is a booking site that specializes

The backpacking travel community has grown beyond just a way of traveling on a budget. It has become a lifestyle and community that focuses on things like minimalism, authenticity, culture exploring, and much more. As a person who has become very interested in the backpacking community this semester, I noticed that this community is having some problems. This goes to show traveling in today's world can be more complicated than it seems. One big issue people are noticing is th

The discourse community I will be writing about is the backpacking Travel community. The more I explore this community, the more I want...

As I'm learning more about myself through writing, travel, and my college experience, I have come to a realization. I belong to, and have...

In this blog post, I would like to focus on backpacking culture, as mentioned in my previous post. I mentioned a friend of mine...

The topic I chose to write about in my blogs this semester is traveling. Traveling is a passion of mine, and I really love to talk about...

Hi everyone! My name is Maddy and I am a freshman here at SDSU. As both the reader and writer, I would describe myself as average but...