The Solar-Powered Traveler
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in General, Making a difference, Travel gear | No Comments »In the comments after my green travel interview post, someone asked, "Have you figured out if there’s any way to travel around the world without ever plugging into a wall socket? With/without a laptop?" The second part of that question is ...
Cheap Destination Travel News
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 9 Comments »Time for me to take a break from spouting off to highlight some noteworthy bargain destination info. Goodbye to Saint Death in Mexico. When I was in Mexico City I took this photo of Santa Muerte, who also goes by the ...
Bargain Travel in Albuquerque
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Family travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »A week ago I returned from my first journey to New Mexico (as opposed to many journeys to Old Mexico) and spent the last few days of it in Albuquerque. This is another one of those mid-sized cities that's a ...
Safety in Mexico, Part 2
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 8 Comments »A few weeks ago I ranted about the inability of most newscasters to see the difference between say, Ciudad Juarez and and Los Cabos in this travel safety reputations article. On March 30 Budget Travel Online pointed out this disconnect between ...
Green Travel Interview
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Making a difference, Travel industry | 2 Comments »Being a columnist for Transitions Abroad since I first got started in travel writing, I've done more than a few articles on environmentally friendly travel and reducing your impact. I wrote about these things 15 years ago when hardly any ...






