Editor’s note: This is Part III of longtime WND contributor
Anthony C. LoBaido’s series on the life of the global
backpacker. Part I, “The Global Backpacker,” provided an
overview of what it’s like to travel overseas. In Part II, “The
Most Beautiful Place on Earth,” LoBaido detailed the grandeur of
the spectacular national parks of Utah. Part III looks at some
of the world’s top backpacker destinations. Since the beginning
of time people have traveled. For example, people moved to
cities from agricultural regions on the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers in ancient Mesopotamia. Yet through most of human
history, the movement of people was hindered by time and space
as well as various transportation modes. Fierce storms, rough
seas, towering mountain ranges and nomadic raiders all made
travel a dangerous and risky business on what must have seemed
like a terribly lonely planet sans cell phones, satellite
weather forecasting, the mental illness that is political
correctness and food stamps. Alexander the Great proved