What I wish I knew BEFORE my RTW trip 35
There are a variety of things I wish I’d known before I spent 16 months going RTW, here are some of them.
Travel Tips Posts
International Travel Tip: Know your Banker 10
I have been back in the States now for over a month and thought, with a bit of reflection, that it might be a good time for me to start blogging about some travel suggestions I have for people that are about to do some international traveling. My first tip […]
The Hostel Rules and the Dorm Rules 47
Have been thinking about basic “don’ts” when staying in hostels and dorms, now that I’ve got a year under my belt, so here goes a little list of the hostel rules for you travelers out there. The Hostel Rules and the Dorm Rules: 1 — Be quiet. Look, this is […]
Avoidable Mistakes on a Trip 9
I have no been on the road for more than a year and think I have learned a fair bit about travel and backpacking. The topic is avoidable mistakes that we’ve all made on the road. Learn from our mistakes. I hate top “10” (or whatever number) lists — so […]
Travel Tip: Rental Car Insurance in Oz 20
My cargo freighter arrived in Brisbane, Australia on the morning of December 13th. I found my way into town and got a room at a local hostel. The owners were reported to be very helpful about travel plans, which was important to me, since I had no idea how I […]
Safety and Crime while Traveling 14
“What gives value to travel is fear.” Albert Camus The flooding of the foreign into our living rooms – our bedrooms – is not always conducive to a sense of calm; all the spirits we like to keep locked up – suspicion, defensiveness, fear – suddenly rear their heads. A […]
Prepare for a RTW trip – Immunizations 3
Some of the maps she was giving me had titles that I wasn’t too enthralled with either. Take the Yellow Fever map of Africa for instance, which was titled, “Map 4-15: Yellow fever-endemic zones in Africa, 2007.” Endemic is just not a word I am very fond of, at least when it comes to describing infectious diseases.
Don’t Lose your Passport!! 15
I’ve decided that if I write a book, that the title should be “Misshap-ing through Life,” as it seems that every trip I take has some element of self-induced mishap that makes me chuckle, though not always at the time. This trip is no different. . . and it hasn’t […]
