Succumbing to a Group Tour (for a Good Reason)
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, General, Travel adventures, Travel industry | 1 Comment »Long-term budget travelers are, by nature, and independent lot. You wouldn't be out there backpacking around in the first place if you were trying to fit in and conform to the norm. "I don't do group tours" is a common ...
Off the Grid in Ecuador
Friday, October 9th, 2009 Posted in Travel adventures, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »This post was put up in advance, for I am currently cavorting with blue-footed boobies and giant tortoises on the Galapagos islands, moving around on a sailing ship. So I will not be blogging, tweeting, phoning, or answering e-mail for a ...
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 ...
Buses in Belize
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Family travel, Travel adventures | 2 Comments »If a picture speaks a thousand words, here are a few thousand words on the buses in Belize. First up at the top is a shot of the sitting area in the Belize City bus station. This is the main bus ...
Barefoot Faithful, Atomic Tourism, and an Untitled Story about Asolo
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel adventures | No Comments »It's time for another issue of Perceptive Travel, home to the best travel stories from book authors on the move. That tag line sounds kind of cocky when one of the stories is mine---on Atomic Tourism and Secret Cities. But I've ...
