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Caffeinated in Colombia

Monday, November 16th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | 6 Comments »

I've spent the last few days bopping around Colombia after taking a seat on Spirit Air's new route to Armenia, Colombia. This is the Coffee Triangle region of the country so I've been jacked up on caffeine the whole time ...

Don’t Be a Victim of Others’ Wrong Assumptions

Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Travel adventures, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 3 Comments »

How much are you influenced by what other people think---even if they don't know what they're talking about? Witness these examples from Seth Godin's blog: Texting while driving is more dangerous than driving drunk. It doesn't feel that way, of course, but ...

Guide to Real Estate in Latin America

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, International living/working, Leffel projects, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »

A few weeks back Transitions Abroad posted this article of mine: Real Estate in Latin America. In my humble opinion this is the best region to put your money into if you're going to buy a house, condo, or piece of ...

Travel Prices in Ecuador

Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 5 Comments »

Ecuador has been in all three editions of The World's Cheapest Destinations book and is a backpacker favorite for good reason. You can do and see a whole lot in a country that's pretty compact and the weather is quite ...

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 ...