Travelers or backpackers in english, routards in french, trotamundos in spanish. But what is the meaning of this words.

I gonna try to give not a definition of a traveler but his ways to consume his manners to move.. . What s the characteristic of a traveler? HOw do you recognize a traveler? What s the behaviour of a travelers?

  - he doesn t use travel agency, he makes and plans her way by himself....don t forget that in the trip the most important is not the destination , the most important is the way. He can use travel agency or guide when it s not really safe (climb a mountain), anyway i gonna choose a local guide in priority.

- he eats only local food and drinks local drinks (he doesn t want to influence the developpement of fast food or international food)

- he pays the local price, he refuse to pay tourist price....indeed it can dammage the local economy....a fishman earn 2 US dollar a day, if an american give 5 US dollars for one hour in the boat to reach an island (and it should cost for local persons 0.5 US Dollars) in that case the fisherman give up to fish, they just use their boat to bribe/rip off tourists. THe fishing activity disapear!!!  BUt the american guy is still convince that he has done a good things. 

- he learns few word of the local language (thanks, hello, ...) , he try to avoid to speak directly english

- he avoids to stay in hotel  with a non-local structure or architecture.  Concrete structure doesn t suit really good in the african countryside. IN that case, a travelers prefer to stay  a wooden or bamboo structure shotel .

- He takes public transportations as local people, he avoids to take plane, to take taxi, touristic bus or to rent a car.

 If a traveler respects that conditions, he not gonna pollute too much and not  dammage so much the local culture