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Guest of the Week: Inga and Richard Sundell, backpackers on sabbatical in Asia

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Inga and Richard Sundell are a married couple who lived ordinary lives in Stockholm with ordinary jobs, but felt they needed a timeout from the squirrel wheel. So they decided to take a sabbatical. They quit their respective jobs, packed their backpacks and headed off to Asia. They have now been travelling for several months, spending time in Bali, Japan and Vietnam.

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Why Swedes go backpacking

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Backpacking is not the most comfortable way to travel. Nevertheless, 24 per cent of Swedes have travelled the world with only a backpack as their luggage. A survey by Skyscanner shows that there are many reasons to backpack.

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Where Swedes go backpacking

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One in four Swedes have backpacked at some point in their lives, according to a survey by Skyscanner. Backpacking is defined here as "visiting one or more countries with only a backpack as a pack". Women have backpacked slightly more than men. And where do we prefer to backpack?

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