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When you research upcoming travels online, do you often feel like you’re hunting through the results to find relevant information? A new search engine, Kaweinga, is trying to make it easier for you to get the specific travel info you need.
Started by Daniel Guttentag in February, Kaweinga’s search results are powered by Google, … Read more »
Every once in a while, I’ll meet grizzled older travelers who talk about traveling in Southeast Asia before the advent of Air Asia. It was either spend ridiculous amounts on flying or spending 10+ hours on a rickety bus.
Budget airlines were once a secret of the locals and savvy backpackers. Now they’ve become much more accepted. This NY Times article promises to give them much wider exposure: … Read more »
Aswan, Egypt
One of the best things to happen to me earlier this month began in the toilet. I was staying in a super cheap hotel in Aswan, Egypt, and the shared toilet was — well, imagine 40 people who neither aim well nor, … Read more »
It would appear that I have inadvertently started a series that might be titled, “things experienced on the way to or from Afar launch parties.” Conveniently, they seem to be held on Wednesday evenings which coincides nicely with having a midnight Thursday column deadline. Tonight’s event was held at the Cantina Bar in the Financial District. I arrived by way of biking through Oakland to a … Read more »
Varanasi — The leg of the stool started to buckle underneath him, and I warned my friend of the imminent collapse. “No worries,” he said, “I have a feel for the balance of Indian things.”
The balance of Indian things? He was right — there’s a lot of precariousness here. Yet I hadn’t realized that a place can be so different from home that even the expected level … Read more »
Jason Wisdom
Age: 37
Hometown: New York, NY
Quote: “I knew exactly enough to have a great experience.”
Recently Rolf posted some tips on making the transition into life as ESL teacher in Korea. But what happens after you’ve been in the country for a while and you’re starting to feel worn down by the hidden demands of teaching? Here are some great ways to relax and stay healthy while getting to know the … Read more »
“Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any misery, any depression, since after all you don’t know what work these conditions are doing inside you? Why do you want to persecute yourself with the question of where all this is coming from and where it is going? Since you know, after all, that you are in the midst of transitions and you wished for nothing so much as to change. … Read more »
The practice of circumambulation, or walking around a venerated object, is incorporated in many contemporary beliefs and practices, but predates most of them. These ceremonial pilgrimages can go around an entire mountain, a small stupa, a shrine, or even a person. Some religions prefer to follow a clockwise path—others choose a counter-clockwise route.
A well-known circumambulation is the journey around the base of Mount … Read more »
Do you have friends and family who write off travel as impractical? Sometimes good strategies can work in both travel and business, as this blog post by tech company 37 signals illustrates: Getting Real with Travel.
The post cites the experiences of Marcel Uekermann, who’s a fan of 37 Signals’ unconventional approach to business. He wrote this piece: How we apply 37 signals mechanics to vacation.
In the comments on the company’s blog … Read more »