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The Importance of a Journal for Your Travel Memories

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel books, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 1 Comment »

Almost all the great writers I know have at some time kept a journal going during their travels, usually back when they were traveling just to travel instead of doing it as a line of work. But you don't have ...

Pig Roast in Bali, Simple Life in Morocco, and Mardi Gras in Vermont

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music | No Comments »

It's time for the March '10 issue of Perceptive Travel, where we bop around three continents, groove on some new world music, and talk about some travel books worth reading. (Or not.) The multi-talented Zora O'Neill---who is the only person I ...

Spring Cleaning Book Blowout

Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Travel books | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I signed a listing agreement to sell my house because this summer we're packing it all up and moving to central Mexico for a year. So I've got to backpedal from hoarding mode to unloading mode pronto. This includes unloading ...

New LP Guidebook for Honduras

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel books | 2 Comments »

I'm not normally posting about a new guidebook that comes along for one of The World's Cheapest Destinations, but when there's been a three-year lag between the first and second editions, in a place where lots has changed, it's a ...

The World’s Cheapest Destinations for iPhone and Kindle

Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Leffel projects, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel books | 1 Comment »

If you want to read The World's Cheapest Destinations cyber-style, you can do it. And the bytes will cost you less than the physical book. For the iPhone, you can buy the PDF version from my publisher ($7.95) and download it ...