Travel Gear For The Road. How many devices are you carrying? Laptop, tablet, iPhone, camera? Even more? I know for me it is a real hassle keeping all these devices charged. I bring several items to help keep my batteries fully charged and make my life a little easier. The more gear I carry, the more [...]
Stay In Touch How do you stay in touch with everyone back home and not break the bank? This is what I do when I am overseas. Step One In regard to your cell phone, go on “seasonal standby” when you leave the country. This means you will maintain your cell phone number and will not [...]
Save Money Overseas. I imagine you don’t want to go on your next international jaunt with a several thousand dollars stuffed in your pocket. You don’t want to take the risk of getting rolled on your first day and be penniless and begging for money at the Bangkok Western Union. Traveler’s checks are so 1980s. So [...]
I grabbed my Dad and informed him that even in the Arctic Circle there were Armenians. Svalbard, an isolated Norwegian island, lies in the Arctic Ocean between 74 and 81 degrees north latitude. During the summer the sun does not set for 99 days, and darkness reigns for 84 days in the winter. The 3,000 [...]
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