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Archive for April, 2006

Revised Edition Now Out All Over

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 Posted in General, Leffel projects, Travel bargains | No Comments »

Just a quick note that the revised edition of The World's Cheapest Destinations is in the Ingram system (where bookstores can order) and is posted on Amazon, B&N, etc. It's faster to order direct and you cut out the middleman, but ...

Gearing up for an African Safari

Monday, April 17th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, Long-term travel, Travel gear | No Comments »

Down below is a link to an article of mine that came out recently through Explore64, a subsidiary of great online gear retailer

Long-Term Traveler? Get some books

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006 Posted in General, Long-term travel | No Comments »

Whenever I visit the message boards at Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree, BootsnAll's site, or the like, I'm always amazed at the number of really basic questions travelers ask--things that are answered in any long-term travel guide. I know it's oh ...

Greatest Hits of Travel in Trouble

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, General, Travel industry | No Comments »

Travel: The World's Most Endangered Destinations - from Newsweek It's always good to see a major news outlet wake people out of their slumber and shake them up a bit. Newsweek just did a cover story on "The 7 Most Endandered ...

Breeding, Bourbon, and Betting: a Weekend in Lexington

Sunday, April 9th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, Vacation deals | No Comments »

Back from a long weekend in a beautiful spot a few hours north of my home, in Lexington, Kentucky. It's the land of great bourbon and great breeding--in horses that is--and this time it really is "something in the water." ...