Gathering information prior to a backpacking trip is essential, as these could help you save time and money. Often travellers ended up roaming in a dangerous part of a city resulted from a lack of destinations information. Ask around, friends or relatives whom have been travelling for advices or read up travel books or by surfing the Internet.
Travel books
Your bible for the trip, there are some pretty good travel books available in the market. "Let's Go" and "Lonely Planet" are the two more popular guides travellers use.
Make use of the Internet to search for traveling information, search around this website and interact with travellers in the forum to find more information on your destinations. Below are some links that might be helpful.
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Gathering information prior to a backpacking trip is essential, as these could help you save time and money. Often travellers ended up roaming in a dangerous part of a city resulted from a lack of destinations information. Ask around, friends or relatives whom have been travelling for advices or read up travel books or by surfing the Internet. 
