The Beauty of Hidden Beaches
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Family travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 4 Comments »A few weeks ago I was quoted in a SmarterTravel.com article on lesser-known beaches that made for a nice getaway. I happen to be on the one I talked about in that article right now. This is one of those beaches ...
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 ...
Narrative Travel Contest Winners
Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance, contests | No Comments »Transitions Abroad has just announced the winners in its annual travel writing contest. Alexander Breimann takes home a $500 check for Education from the Streets of Giza, Egypt. While studying in Cairo, he shunned the culturally isolated student housing and ...
5 Things Everyone Asks a Travel Writer
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, General, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 6 Comments »"What do you do?" It took me a few years to get to the answer I wanted, but I was pretty darn excited when I could start truthfully answering, "I'm a travel writer." Now that I've been answering that ...
The Cheapest Places to Live for Retirees
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in International living/working, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »The last post ran down some cheap rent cities to live in the U.S., but of course you can do better if you look abroad, especially if you can qualify for retirement benefits. If you subscribe to International Living, you get ...
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