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And Now for Some Good News

Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, General, Travel industry | No Comments »

If you're exhausted from the parade of bad economic news, let's take a break and talk about some good news from the world of travel. It's harder to find, but there is some out there, especially if you've got dollars ...

Where is the U.S. Dollar Still Strong in ‘08?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Long-term travel, Travel bargains | 14 Comments »

It's kind of unnerving when I pull up stats for this blog and find that some of the most popular posts are four or five years old. While it's nice that old rants have staying power in the search engines, ...

Narrative Travel Contest Winners

Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance, contests | No Comments »

Transitions Abroad has just announced the winners in its annual travel writing contest. Alexander Breimann takes home a $500 check for Education from the Streets of Giza, Egypt. While studying in Cairo, he shunned the culturally isolated student housing and ...

Another Reason Why Africa Isn’t Cheap

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, General, Travel bargains | 2 Comments »

Africa is, for the most part, not a very cheap place to travel. This comes as a surprise to many people since many of the world's poorest countries are in Africa and it seems like every week brings news of ...

A Traveler’s Report on West Africa

Thursday, October 5th, 2006 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Destination reports, General, Long-term travel | 2 Comments »

At times people ask me why there aren't more African countries in The World's Cheapest Destinations. After all, the per capita GDP is next to nothing, right? Shouldn't it be cheap to travel there? With more proof that "poor country" ...