How Many Dolphin Teeth for a Hostel Bed?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Travel funnies | 2 Comments »Forget the dollar, the yen, and the euro. If you're going to the Solomon Islands, you might have to exchange them for some dolphin teeth at the airport. That's according to this story out in the Wall Street Journal today: Shrinking ...
Useful Nicaragua Travel Websites
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | No Comments »There aren't a lot of Nicaragua travel websites out there, partly because there's not much money to be made yet. The tourism numbers are still relatively small. That can be a good thing if you're an intrepid traveler, of course, ...
Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Family travel, Leffel projects, Vacation deals | No Comments »Today there's a big spread in USA Today called Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel. The online version is not as pretty, so grab the paper one if you're staying at a hotel or have some spare change at the convenience ...
Will You Fly This Summer?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 5 Comments »Since I've got one book out on traveling to Mexico and Central America and another one called The World's Cheapest Destinations, naturally I'm going to encourage people to fly somewhere far and go exploring. This summer though, I wouldn't blame ...
Video Tour of Guanajuato’s Skyline
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel gear | No Comments »Last week I posted some photos from Guanajuato, Mexico. I was also traveling through the region with a cheapo digicam called the Flip Ultra. (See the Flip Ultra review on my travel gear blog.) For $179 or less, you can't expect ...


