This is a continuation of the article on Yahoo Travel on the international rally - A Crazy New Kind of Amazing Race: International Car Rallies. Picture the scene. You have been driving for over 15 hours. The monsoons are thundering down. You and your friend are in an auto-rickshaw, laboring along an ink-dark road in the [...]
The water sparkles. Sunlight kisses the gentle, undulating waves. White sands connect the azure ocean to the green of the canopy. I am standing in paradise. There are so many overrun, overpopulated, polluted beaches in Thailand, but Surin Islands is not one of them. All hyperbole aside, it is a slice of unadulterated heaven. Surin Islands [...]
Wedding Crasher In Ulan Bator. I am no Jeremy Grey or John Beckwith, but I have crashed a wedding or two in my day. The most recent one was in Ulan Bator in Mongolia. Courtesy of New Line Cinema It all started off innocently enough. I lazily snapped photos of the historic Gandan Monastery. This Buddhist [...]
I had the honor of being interviewed by prolific podcaster, Nathaniel Boyle. Nathaniel has done over 180 podcasts with a vast range of travelers. Check out his engaging interviews! They are like potato chips, you can not just listen to one. I had the pleasure of speaking with him for 30 minutes. We covered a wide [...]
Value and service. For the traveler, this can be an elusive combination. For the vendor, is the goal to pad your margins or to grow customer relations? The answer for many is to pilfer their customers. Value and relationships be damned. When choosing a hotel, like many, I look for “free Wi-Fi”; in fact it is [...]
It was the summer of 2009. Both a great and a bad time to visit the Middle East. Great, because it was prior to the Arab Spring and it was a much more stable time to visit the region. And bad, because every day simmered at over 100 degrees. I was tired of sweating incessantly. As [...]
After you have reveled in the beauty of Athens, the energy of the city, and the delights of the Greek kitchen; contemplate following the road less traveled. Of course, the islands can easily snatch your attention with azure seas and slow breezes, but consider heading north. I spent four amazing days exploring the main land. A [...]
I have lost my keys before. I have donated clothing to the Salvation Army. I’ve lazily neglected to pick up loose change off the ground that I dropped. I have thrown away a perfectly good functional VCR. But this was new ground for me. I discarded my 1993 Jeep Cherokee. I and my two friends [...]
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