Good Travel Info From Elsewhere
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, Family travel, General, International living/working, Long-term travel, Travel gear, Travel industry, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »I'm busy getting the 3rd annual Remarkable Photo Contest ready to launch this weekend on Perceptive Travel, so here's some useful travel info from elsewhere to make this a week of being wiser. 8 things you should know about Gore-tex (that ...
Packing the Right Travel Gear
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Long-term travel, Travel gear | No Comments »I just packed up my backpack to head off to Ecuador and the Galapagos, so gadgets and gear are on my mind. Two weeks of stuff packed into my trusty Eagle Creek Meridian 55L pack. Here's a guest post I did ...
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 ...
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 ...
Public Leisure and Valuing Free Time
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in International living/working, Long-term travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »"I love how the parks are always packed with people," was my mother's amazed comment when she visited me in Guanajuato this summer. Indeed the plazas large and small in Mexico---and much of the world outside the U.S.---really latch on ...



