Wine Country Biking and Cheap Beer
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Beers of the World, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Leffel projects, Travel adventures | 1 Comment »If you happen to be near a newsstand this month, pick up a copy of the great drinks magazine Imbibe. I've got an essay on the last page about biking around the wine country of the Czech Republic. The story ...
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 ...
How to Find Useful Travel Destination Websites
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Travel industry | 1 Comment »If you spend much time doing trip planning on the Internet, you have no doubt found that there are a lot of dead ends and blind paths out there that waste your time. An article I wrote a few months ...
Vietnam’s Helmet Resistance
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports | 1 Comment »On December 15, a law goes into effect in Vietnam that everyone on a motorbike is supposed to be wearing a helmet. But what happens if nobody complies? That's the scenario police could be facing soon, per this Time article ...
Online Vietnam Guidebook
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Travel bargains, Travel books | 1 Comment »Robert Reid, a guidebook author who has written about Siberian mustaches for Perceptive Travel, has just released an online guidebook for Vietnam. Reid is no newbie when it comes to guidebooks. He has updated a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks (including ...
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