Budget Travel in South America
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Long-term travel | 2 Comments »A piece I wrote for Transitions Abroad's website is up now, Budget Travel in South America. It's a quick rundown on what to expect there in terms of transportation, food, accommodation, and prices. There's aren't all that many useful websites covering ...
Five Ways to Find a Hotel Bargain
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 8 Comments »After years where hotel rates have kept going up and up, it looks like the guests may soon start getting the upper hand again. A worldwide recession, airline hassles, and the high price of gas are starting to take their ...
Ga-ga Over Guanajuato
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Long-term travel | 2 Comments »Some say Guanajuato is like San Miguel de Allende 20 years ago. They mean that in a good way, as it hasn't become a fantasyland. I guess my tag line would be "all of the beauty, very little of the ...
Progress? On the Annapurna Circuit
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Long-term travel, Travel adventures | 3 Comments »What really sticks in your mind ten years after you've traveled somewhere? I've been to a large chunk of those "must see before you die" kind of places and I've stayed in some of the world's most memorable hotels. But ...
American Students Can Work in Australia
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in International living/working, Long-term travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 1 Comment »We Americans used to look enviously at all those Brits and Australians moving back and forth between those two countries. Not only do they get a gap year and have a culture more accepting of long breaks, but they had ...
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