Southeast Asia Itinerary Contest
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, contests | 14 Comments »Step right up and score some free jam-packed travel guides to Southeast Asia! If you haven't heard of the website Travelfish, you need to get familiar with them if you are going to Southeast Asia. Their site is a fantastic resource ...
Using Our Brains to Assess Travel Risk
Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel adventures, Travel industry, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »As evolved as we humans have become, in general we still let our hard-wired instincts take over when deciding what’s risky or scary. The 24-hour news channels and local TV networks are happy to play along. Nowhere is this more ...
Adjusting for Local Deals
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 Posted in Beers of the World, Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 3 Comments »Why a photo of three Imperial beers and one small bottle of 7-year rum? Because in a Costa Rican supermarket, these are roughly the same price. One beer in a store is close to $1 and a six-pack is just ...
Prices in Costa Rica
Saturday, May 26th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel adventures | 5 Comments »I get asked a lot about Costa Rica, but my answer has always been that it's not all that cheap. In many respects, the whole country is on par with Mexican beach resorts and Ambergris Caye in Belize. Here's a ...
Hot Rockin´Lava in Costa Rica
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | No Comments »cr_arenal_observatory Originally uploaded by Globetrots. Greetings from Costa Rica. It´s May here, the beginning of "Green Season" as the tourism people insist on calling it. Rainy season in normal parlance. That´s been okay though, since everything is indeed lush and the rain ...
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