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Escape From Cubicle Hell! 2008-06-03 00:25:32 My interpretation - not hers.
One of the perks (and also pains) of running my own website is the ability (and responsibility) to write about whatever I want. I, of course, try to keep some sort of travel or nomadic lifestyle type spin on it, but the freedom to write about things which interest me [ >> more ] Read more:Escape
Airline Paper Tickets a Thing of the Past? 2008-06-02 23:59:02 Much like the eight-track, the rotary-dial phone and the typewriter before it the airline paper ticket will soon become non-existent.
In a press release from the International Air Transport Association, Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani, was quoted:
The paper ticket has served us well, but its time is over. After four years of hard work by [ >> more ] Read more:Airline
, Tickets
, Thing
Beat the High Price of Gas! 2008-06-02 04:23:58 Gas prices have been increasing for…well, forever, but the recent spike really started in about 2004 or thereabouts. At that time part of my job responsibilities was the purchase of bulk fuel so I was constantly tuned in to fuel prices and the subtle peaks and valleys of the price graph. A benefit [ >> more ]
The Goulash Incident 2008-05-28 20:23:01 a world travel article
Marsha, my girlfriend, and I had been traveling around some of the former communist bloc nations of Eastern Europe. For the most part we were having a great time of it too. Ironically, a bout of explosive diarrhea changed our course for the better.
Several days earlier, in Sofia, Bulgaria, I [ >> more ] Read more:Incident
Destination Report: Gulmarg, Kashmir 2008-05-27 00:13:51 a world travel article
The sheer magnitude of the avalanche which I was looking at validated my earlier fears. Four days earlier I had been skiing where this behemoth had cut its swath of destruction. It’s proportions were epic. It appeared to me that the northern 1/3 of the Pir Panjal range had slid.
I had [ >> more ] Read more:Destination
, Kashmir
Let’s Have a Barbecue! 2008-05-26 21:44:25 It’s 70 below, we won’t see the sun for another three months, but damn it, it’s Memorial Day and we’re Americans. We’re having a barbecue!
To celebrate the Memorial Day holiday, the 60 winter-over residents of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station celebrated the only way they know how; with copious amounts of food and [ >> more ] Read more:Barbecue
Baggage surcharges 2008-05-26 04:23:00 Most major U.S. Airlines are now charging $25.00 for a 2nd checked bag, and earlier this week, American Airlines announced, that in addition to the $25.00 2nd checked bag surcharge, it would soon begin assessing a $15.00 surcharge for the first checked bag for passengers who purchase discount economy class tickets.
Press release here
There was a [ >> more ] Read more:Baggage
Budget Travel Tips 2008-05-26 00:32:23 Tips for cheap travel
Travel
ing costs can be broken down into a few basic categories; primarily transportation, lodging and meals. As a neo-nomad, you probably prefer to travel independently. You don’t want or need to see and do the same things everyone else is doing, but without the convenience of buying all-inclusive packages, how [ >> more ] Read more:Budget Travel Tips
Polestock - 2008 - a review 2008-05-24 23:51:12 South Pole resident and press correspondent Jeff King writes:
“…Fifteen musicians. Seven musical acts. Six different musical genres. Such diversity can mostly be attributed to the wide variety of musical backgrounds:…”
The full article can be found here. I see no mention, however, of the days earlier event - the BF5K - a five kilometer (18 [ >> more ] Read more:review
Staying in touch 2008-05-23 03:42:37 problem: I need to stay in touch
with family and friends and/or business associates
solution: There are many. Read on, get informed
Just do a google search for cell phones and foreign countries. You will experience information overload that will probably leave you feeling more confused. If you’re looking for answers to how to [ >> more ]
Hilarious Travel Article: 2008-06-04 12:42:05 From Melissa Myers - featured in the San Francisco Chronicle comes this hilarious travel story, though not as hilarious as our own Goulash Incident, Melissa tells a tale of her experiences at the Turkish Bath. I don’t know about you, but experiences like this are exactly why I travel. Collecting stories, especially ones [ >> more ] Read more:Travel
, Article
Wannabe Hacker? - FIAL! 2008-06-06 20:30:54 (yes, I spelled that incorrectly…duh!)
Just click to see who this douchebag is
Mister wannabe hacker,
You should know that anybody who is anybody who uses wordpress (which you tried to exploit) will also be using some kind of stat tracking. Most of us use statcounter. Regardless of which suite we use, it is most likely [ >> more ] Read more:Hacker
Forbidden Destination? - No More! 2008-06-05 21:00:14 India to Increase Access to Arunachal Pradesh
One of my fondest travel memories is of India. India really is one of the craziest places I have ever been. Of course, my trip there was very focused so one day I’d like to get back and explore in more detail the mysteries of this strange [ >> more ] Read more:Forbidden
, Destination
Held Hostage in a Kashmiri Carpet Showroom 2008-06-09 00:42:32 The man, sounding very authoritative yet friendly and helpful, told us that the mosque was closed for prayer and that we would have to come back in a couple of hours. In my blissed out state the streaming hoards of obviously non-Muslim people in and out of the mosque didn’t register as a sign [ >> more ] Read more:Hostage
, Carpet
, Showroom
Americans abroad - prepare for more harrasement in Europe 2008-06-08 06:39:29 In 2007 I flew to Geneva Switzerland on my way to ski in Chamonix. One of the most economical and efficient ways to get to Chamonix from Geneva is by bus, so by bus I would go.
I boarded the bus at the Geneva airport and set off towards the world world-renowned French Alpine resort. [ >> more ] Read more:Americans
, Europe
Teach English as a Foreign Language 2008-06-08 00:58:29 Over at Nomadic Matt’s Travel Blog There is a great three part series on Teaching English
Overseas.
Myself, never having any experience in this (or interest for that matter), teaching English overseas has remained a bit of an enigma to me, but it is a viable way to earn an income while traveling and living the [ >> more ] Read more:Foreign
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