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5 Reasons to use Skype When You Travel

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in General, International living/working, Long-term travel, Travel gear, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »

If you travel around the world with your cell phone, crackberry, or iPhone, you could end up spending a fortune to communicate. I've heard so many sad tales of $1,000+ surprise bills that I'm convinced it's a huge profit center ...

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 ...

Bargains in the Cheapest Destinations

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, International living/working, Travel bargains | No Comments »

I don't know it all and couldn't keep up with everything new everywhere even if I did. So here are some recent worthwhile posts from some of the cheapest places to travel. This week the Carnival of Cities was at the ...

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 ...