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This article is the sixth in a series of posts explaining how to bring your music on the road and get to travel with it. Read the series’ introduction , Post#1 , Post # 2 , Post #3 , Post #4 and Post #5
In my last post I concluded that vans are the ideal … Read more »
Can you imagine being woken up at a hostel at 7:30am to chop fire wood or complete your chores before breakfast?
Chore detail had fizzled-out before 2009 when I hostel hopped for several months; spending anywhere from three nights to two weeks at various places. Personally, I enjoyed seeking out the odd ones, like old prisons or sailing ships. But what I discovered recently was, that same year the … Read more »
I remember reading a blog post before I left for my trip recommending that first-time travelers take a 5- to 7-week test trip to determine if long-term travel was right for them.
I disregarded this advice, as I didn’t really question whether I’d like traveling – I’d dreamed of it my whole life, and the pull to do it was strong enough that I was willing to quit a job I loved for it.
Three … Read more »
After 8 months of calling Bangkok home, I moved on and set off for Madrid to embark on a month-long brother-sister adventure through Western Europe. As I walk the city streets today I think about what defines this culture. I think of sangria and tapas, of late dinners and long nights, of Picasso and Goya, and finally of … Read more »
“You and your husband are made of a different cloth,” a friend told me a few hours ago. “To take your kids and head out for a 500-mile hike… I don’t know how you do it.”
And yet really, we aren’t made of a different cloth at all. We’re just normal … Read more »
Considering costs is a vital part of planning your entry into expat life. Neglecting budgeting can abruptly cut short a stay. On the other hand, a little financial planning can pay off in a longer and more enriching lifestyle than you dreamed possible.
A great web-based tool for this is Numbeo. Just type in the name of a city or select a country from the drop-down list. … Read more »
“Without habit, the beauty of the world would overwhelm us. We’d pass out every time we saw — actually saw — a flower. Imagine if we only got to see a cumulonimbus cloud or Cassiopeia or a snowfall once a century; there’d be pandemonium in the streets. People would lie by the thousands in the fields on their backs. We need habit to get through a day, to get to work, to feed our children. … Read more »
Cost/day: $50 Excludes diving trip costs which vary considerably.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately?
It wasn’t what I was expecting when I signed up for a 2 night 3 day introductory diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. The winds were gusting, the rains driving and half of our passengers had fled the boat out of either a sense of fear or general sea sickness. Still, those that remained and pushed on out … Read more »
When you’ve taken the plunge and went from that dreaming stage to the actual planning stage of a RTW trip, it can be overwhelming to consider all the possibilities. I know when my wife and I first started planning our RTW trip, we (wrongly) assumed we would be able to go everywhere. For someone whose longest trip up until then had been 3 weeks, a year seemed like forever.
Cost/Day: $50
It’s not everyday that you can visit the medieval section of Zagreb to see the cathedral, turn a corner, and find yourself at “The Museum of Broken Relationships,” winner of the 2011 “Most Innovative” European Museum Award. At first I thought it was a joke, but it’s an actual museum and judging by the crowds a very popular one. This striking dichotomy between the trendy and the classic is a major factor in … Read more »