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When you hear that travelers are threatening World Heritage Sites, just by visiting these extraordinary places, what do you think? It’s gotten so bad that locals are trying to turn travelers away.
It’s not entirely a new phenomenon, but it’s come to my attention again because of a recent write-up in The Guardian. There are already protective measure in place in Nepal (they have … Read more »
I know, I know, we’re vagabonders…we don’t like hotels! We prefer to rent apartments, or stay with friends…but what if we’re going on a trip somewhere away from our main crash pad (yes, I just saw the movie “Taking Woodstock”), and we need a hotel? What if your mother is coming to visit you in Paris and she only likes 3-star hotels? What if you won the lottery and you have money to burn on … Read more »
“Understanding other peoples is important also because such understanding increases our self-knowledge and objectivity. We grow up with the assumption that our own way of doing things is the right way, if not the only way. Yet we are aware of many problems for which we do not know the solutions. A knowledge of the variety of ways in which others peoples have met similar problems gives us new perspectives and new clues to human … Read more »
I’ve been in Milan for the last week, and although I’d heard the horror stories before about the torture that is Milan in August I hadn’t yet experienced it firsthand before my arrival last Tuesday. Y’know that old saying about air being so thick you could cut it with a knife? While I’ve always heard that saying used to describe a tense situation, when I stepped out of the terminal at Linate Airport and was … Read more »
While we all crave that perfect sunset, that misty mountain, that heavenly beach, the real world of vagabonding is full of more annoying experiences. Need a place to vent your frustration?
Then check out The Titanic Awards, created by travel writer Doug Lasky. The awards are given to those travel experiences that achieve the dubious honor of being the worst: the airline that’s most likely to lose your bags, the city that’s pedestrian-unfriendly, etc.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and this set of three photobooks from Asia Unique illustrates that fact nicely. Hands, … Read more »
“Just because money doesn’t buy happiness doesn’t mean money cannot buy happiness. People just might be using it wrong.”
Those are the words of Elizabeth Dunn, a social psychologist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, who has some advice for those of you who are disappointed with the happiness return rates on your hard earned money.
Turns out the problem isn’t … Read more »
This seems like one of the possibly best services ever, if you’re overwhelmed and jetlagged and don’t feel like bussing it right away!
Dianne says:
“It only takes a little bit of research to see that the biggest hurdle for travellers arriving in India is getting out of the airport! I personally meet travellers no matter what time … Read more »