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Aracely finds herself somewhere unexpected – checked into a hospital in Guatemala.

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Even if you are on a tight budget, there are some travel risks not worth taking. Take care of yourself on the road with some tips and travel health hacks from Matador.
The Matador team are no strangers to budget travel as Tom Gates shows us in From a Flashpacker to a Backpacker, take 2. Also, BNT lays down some travel wisdom with 5 Common Mistakes Of First-Time Backpackers.

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Lindsay Clark

Lindsay Clark has spent the last four years circumnavigating the world three times, hoping to learn constantly by throwing herself into difficult and thrilling situations. Currently, she's the media specialist and creative arts teacher at THINK Global School, the world's first global, mobile high school. Lindsay also runs Nomadderwhere.com.

  • http://www.hostelvideoguide.com Thomas

    Great videos! Keep them coming.

  • http://www.wandereverywhere.com Caitlin

    Love the video. It was realistic without being whiny.
    Good call on going to a private hospital… I ended up in the public hospital in Xela and it was pretty gross (and I’m not exactly a high maintenance kinda gal.)

    Glad you’re feeling better!

  • http://www.sportarzt-spandau.com Jaquelline Sportarzt

    Nice blogpost. For me as an surgery from overseas: berlin, germany it is importend and interesting to look what´s going on in US. regards

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