A $15 (or less) Gift for the Long-term Traveler
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, International living/working, Long-term travel, Travel books, Work/Life/Travel Balance, contests | No Comments »Today I give thanks for all the people who have purchased The World's Cheapest Destinations in the past. I salute those who have learned about the cheapest places to travel while enabling this book to sell enough to get to ...
Cheap Travel in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel adventures, Travel bargains | 4 Comments »I'll admit this blog has focused more heavily on Latin America lately than Europe or Asia, partly because that's where I've been spending more time. ("No jet lag" is a powerful incentive when you're not on a long-term jaunt.) So it's ...
New Reasons to Visit Nepal
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Long-term travel, Travel adventures | 3 Comments »I've been to a lot of countries and I've done my share of adventure activities, but the three-week trek along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal still tops them all. It's an experience I still remember vividly and something I want ...
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 ...






