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Travel Gear Travel Tips

Traveling Light

“Pack Light.” It’s a statement that’s constantly banged into our brains! But do we listen? Not always! I know what you’re probably thinking… “But I do pack light!” And it’s true, packing light is completely open to intrpretation and needs. But I’d be willing to bet that even with your version of “packing light,” you […]

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Travel Tips

Travel Without a Plan

Would you set off traveling without every day planned out? I do! And you know what? I wouldn’t have it any other way! But wait, you say, how do you know what you’re going to do?? Well, in short, I don’t! Okay…that’s not completely true. What I do is a lot of pre-departure research. And […]

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CouchSurfing Travel Tips

Putting Surf in CouchSurfing

Would you sleep on a complete stranger’s couch? Sounds crazy, I know, but when traveling, doing just that can become a truly awesome experience! CouchSurfing is a website that let’s you do just that! I signed up for it in Decemeber, thinking that it would be handy for my 3 month Asian adventure! And boy, […]

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Photos Say What??

Say What??: “Sound Advice”

China just loves to dole out advice on all sorts of matters (though whether people actually follow said advice is another story entirely). Earlier, we saw some of their lovely shopping tips being handed out to visitors to one of their UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Yunnan town of Lijiang. Today’s “Say What??” also comes […]

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Travel Tips

The Case for Traveling Alone

When I tell people that I spent three months traveling around Asia by myself, they look at me like I’m crazy. It defies logic, they tell me. I mean why on Earth would anyone want to do anythinng alone, especially something as momentous as traveling? But think about it. When you’re alone you never have […]

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Photos Say What??

Say What??–“Complaint Box”

Today’s “Say What??” comes from remote Lao town of Luang Nam Tha, a tiny town in the northwest part of the country that I spent a mere night in, as I had previously visited it three years ago. Being a communist country, it only makes sense that the Lao government should give the people a […]

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Asia 2010 China

China Wrap-Up: Part II

Behold the “Middle Kingdom.” Zhongguou, more commonly known by its English name of China, is an up-and-coming force to be reckoned with in the world. And now that I’ve had a few weeks to digest my second visit to the world’s most populous nation, I’m ready to write Part II of my wrap-up. In Part […]

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Asia 2010 South Korea

Homeward Bound

2 hours of sleep. That’s all I had gotten before what would become one of the longest single days of my life. The lack of sleep was definitely not my choice, as a key snafu kept me up till 3:30am and I needed to head to the airport for my flight home at 5:30am. Thus […]