A good way to remember how to tie this knot is "left over right, right over left." The backpacker's hitch is one knot that backpackers like to use to secure a clothesline, tent or hammock around a ...

The former Hike and Bike Backpackers, in Kaitāia’s Commerce St, has been bought by a local couple who plan to turn it into four apartments. A Kaitāia couple with a love of their hometown have ...

Perhaps you’ve painted a mental picture of the Maldives, but this divine scene is Zanzibar, an enchanting island 35km off Tanzania on Africa’s East Coast. With bombshell beaches, a ...

Local business owners say the issue has become desperate in the last two years with many citing the rise of backpackers in the area, a lack of parking and the cost of living crisis for the lack of ...

Many of those who have lost their lives on the island have been travellers or backpackers, visiting only in the hope of making memories before coming home. Local authorities have explained the ...

It has been nearly eight years since an Irish backpacker was found raped and murdered near a beach in Goa. But her mother Andrea Brannigan is still waiting for closure. With a court in Goa expected to ...