Vagabonding Field Reports: A Boat Hop to Bequia, St.Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean

 

 

Cost/day:$10

The Caribbean isn’t really that cheap. However, if you’re creative and have some skills, anything is possible. Most of my money went on beer and bus tickets.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately?

Three men waving a live lobster, barracuda pizza and and an Ugly Man competition.

Travel for free. Really.

What do us travel aficionados love more than free travel? That’s right: nothing.

Money is the one thing that often prevents us from going off and seeing the world.  Flights are the main expense, running from hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on how far-flung you’re trying to get. Free travel—and specifically, free flights—are the holy grail of the travel addict.

Over the years, I’ve heard all kinds of rumors about free flights. There were … Read more »

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Category: General

Croatia: Adriatic partying versus Dubrovnik’s subtle charm

A fellow traveler recently asked me for some advice, and it sparked a thought I wanted to share.

She’s in her twenties, interested in Croatia, and likes to have fun in the sun. So, I suggested Pag and Havar, two lovely islands off the Dalmatian coast. I recall describing them as “Ibiza in the Balkans”. They’re … Read more »

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Category: Europe, General, Vagabonding Advice

Talk to strangers. Share stories.

Light filtered through oak leaves as the sun sank over Beaver Lake in the Ozarks. I’d pulled my car over at the closed Country Store displaying a Padi diving sign in the window. In bold letters pressed onto the tinted glass of the white SUV was the information to the local dive school. Upon raising my mobile to take a photo of the phone number (rather than writing it down) an … Read more »

Posted by | Comments Off on Talk to strangers. Share stories.  | May 3, 2012
Category: General

Big fat destination weddings: Exotic travel for everyone!

Tourism, like any other industry, is evolving in many directions in order to survive.  While most of us are familiar with “anti-tourism,”  eco-tourism, voluntourism, and medical tourism, a growing market is emerging for wedding tourism. With people marrying older than they did 10 and 20 years ago, destination wedding tourism is the newest wave of big bucks to hit the industry. One … Read more »

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Category: General

What’s keeping you from your dream?

all of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue themAs much as we want to say we’re not afraid, the truth is that we are. We might tell ourselves our fears are silly or that we shouldn’t be afraid, but we’re still paralyzed by those fears. It happens – whether we want it … Read more »

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Category: General