The relative death of backpacking
While backpacking is still a thing for some people I have noticed that there has been a real decline in this wonderful activity in the past 20 years or so. When I first…
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Backpacking tip: Take the night train or bus instead of flying
This depends heavily on the country that you are in at the time and whether or not they have good road maintenance of course, but for the most part I have found that just taking…
Travel tips: leave the jeans in your bag
I've been traveling for a long time. I basically live in a perpetual state of travel these days and I am very happy that someone else gave me this idea and encouraged me to…
People blaming all flight prices on "the war"...
I am not a political person. The way that I look at global politics is that I am not going to allow it to affect my personal feelings and how I treat others. I also don't buy…
Carry on > checked baggage... always
These days if you are trying to travel on the cheap it is an absolute necessity that you cut down on the amount of crap that you bring with you and let's be honest, most of the…
Window or aisle ?
These days when I travel unless it is a very long flight I don't even bother with booking a seat now that airlines are doing that silly game where they charge you more money if…
Is it really too much to ask for customers to board and exit planes in an organized fashion?
For a lot of people I think that it in fact is too much to ask because it seems like almost any time I go to get on a plane people are behaving as though it is a race of sorts…
Travel through USA was already tough, but now it is unbearable
The last time I was flying from Mexico to somewhere in Asia, I had no choice but to go through either Texas are Los Angeles and while Texas is definitely better than LAX, the…
Prices to Mexico and other central American countries rising big time this summer
If you are a sports fan you already know the main culprit behind this really large rise in airfare prices and if you are traveling there for any reason you are doing to notice in…
Most places are safe to visit as long as you aren't an idiot
One of the things that I get a great deal of joy out of is to look at the USA State Department's list of countries that are considered "dangerous" to travel to. I have no idea…