McCool Travel Tips from Travel Experts: David Lee, GoBackpacking.com and MedellinLiving.com

McCool Travel is excited to present interviews with travel industry giants, super frequent travelers, and adventurous persons.

For the seventh profile, I am thrilled to present David Lee, Editor-in-Chief of popular travel websites GoBackpacking.com and MedellinLiving.com. He also founded TravelBlogSuccess.com. Dave is from Fairfax, Virginia but is now based out of Medellin, Colombia (and is currently in Japan).

McCool Travel Tips from Travel Experts: David Lee

David Lee
David Lee

Always in my luggage…
camera, laptop, Blackberry and mp3 player
3 favorite home-away-from-home places…
Tough, I haven’t been a lot of places more than once! Medellin, Colombia / New York City / Paris
A favorite travel memory is…
Trekking in the Annapurna region of Nepal.
3 favorite travel brands…
Virgin America, Air Qatar, Megabus
3 money-saving travel tactics I use are…
Carrying a laptop to use free wi-fi, using discount airlines, and Couchsurfing.
3 ways that I have fun while traveling are…
Adventurous activities, working on my travel blog, and having a few beers with other travelers.
8 word (or less) travel mantra…
If it scares you, do it.
My favorite non-travel website…
Vimeo.com
Favorite cheap eat
Chicken pad thai on the streets of Bangkok.
I am fortunate to have met…
Troy Floyd, who has inspired me to improve my photography in the last year.
I would like to meet…
President Barack Obama
Thank you, Dave, for sharing your thoughts with McCool Travel and may you have countless more memorable travel adventures!
David is very active on Twitter (@RTWDave), his blog, and Facebook.


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