Mumbai’s Taxi Problem
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel funnies | No Comments »One of my many vivid negative memories of India is arriving in Bombay after a 36-hour train ride that was supposed to be 24 hours, only to get in a huge blow-up argument with a taxi driver who tried to ...
Old Travel Assumptions Die Hard
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, General, Travel adventures, Travel bargains | 4 Comments »Once a place becomes a pariah destination, it's pretty hard to dig out of that hole. Blame it on sensationalist cable TV or our brain's constant search for patterns and shortcuts, but once war-torn regions stay that way in people's ...
Bia Hoi in Vietnam
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Posted in Beers of the World, Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 1 Comment »Vietnam probably wouldn't come near the top of your list when thinking of great beer cultures, but this country actually has some of the cheapest beer in the world. No, you can't get a local hop-heavy microbrew or an ink-black ...
Fun While It Lasted – a Strong Travel Dollar
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »Being a contrarian traveler is a lot like being a contrarian investor. The latter buys when everyone else is panicking and sells when everyone else is euphoric. If you followed that strategy as I did and pumped up your stock ...
Your Censored Internet in Southeast Asia
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, General | 2 Comments »Whether you are traveling with a netbook or popping into cyber cafes, there's one aspect of your online experience you don't hear much about in cheery travel articles: censorship of your surfing. You won't encounter much in some destinations, such ...
