A Bangkok Shopping Trip
Monday, September 18th, 2006 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, General, Travel bargains | 3 Comments »Floating Market, Bangkok Originally uploaded by Muthu - முத்து. This AP story on a shopping trip to Bangkok won't tell you anything you don't already know if you've been to Bangkok, but it's a nice quick overview on the weekend market and ...
The Problem With Chain Hotels, Part 2
Monday, September 18th, 2006 Posted in General, Travel industry | 1 Comment »I can bore you for a good half hour about why staying in a small, locally-owned hotel overseas is so much more enriching than staying at a cookie-cutter international chain hotel. For starters, your money stays in the local economy. ...
Happy Birthday Marco Polo
Friday, September 15th, 2006 Posted in General, Long-term travel | No Comments »On this day in 1254, Marco Polo was born. He set out on the Silk Road when he was 17. Some say he made his travels sound more fantastic than they really were. Today he would be a travel writer ...
Undervalued Argentina
Friday, September 15th, 2006 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, International living/working, Long-term travel | No Comments »Sometime in the coming decade I'm probably going to pack up and move abroad for a while again. I've lived in Korea and Turkey in the past, but this time it's probably going to be Buenos Aires. There are a ...
Buy a Book, Get Free Phone Calls
Friday, September 15th, 2006 Posted in General, Leffel projects, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel gear | No Comments »Pingo, one of the advertisers I work with, has given me some free phone cards to give away for people to try out their service. So here's the deal. Buy a copy of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune ...
