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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 ...

4 Annoying Things and 2 Good Ones

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in General, Leffel projects, Travel industry | 5 Comments »

1) I have years of personal family photos stored on Kodak Gallery (once Ofoto), but add up the megabytes and they wouldn't fill a $4.99 memory stick from Big Lots. So why is the company sending me an extortion e-mail ...

Top Posts from the Cheapest Destinations Blog

Monday, August 31st, 2009 Posted in General, International living/working, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »

It's the last day of August (sniff, sniff), so thoughts now turn to fall, school, college, work. Bummer. Here were the most-read posts of the past three months on this Cheapest Destinations Blog, in case you're not ready to put away the ...

I’m Changing My Tune on Traveling with Laptops

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel gear, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 1 Comment »

I've been saying since the dawn of laptops that traveling with one is a pain in the rear. I should know, I've been carrying one since the dawn of laptops and every time I am able to go on vacation ...