Like many other big cities, New York can be very daunting for the first time visitor. It can also be very expensive, though it doesn’t have to be. Many people I know that have visited there several times still end up staying in expensive places and doing the same old …
“Il tricheco per favore” I said to the waiter at the cafe on the beach overlooking the sea. “Che cosa?!” he replied and then began to rant at me in Italian. When I laughed, he realized I was joking around and then he laughed too and began to speak in …
Take it from a long-term travel addict. When your budget starts getting depleted and you have borrowed all you can from friends and family back home, the dread of the reality of The Return Flight gets ever closer. If you are actually just on the road for a set period, …
I was never very good at speaking French. I can get by when needed, but skipping too many classes years ago left me with only a basic grasp at best. That all changed after 11 months in West Africa, but when I had been there for only a few weeks, …
After weeks of traveling around in Morocco I decided it was time for me to do something a little more adventurous. Something a little more precarious, the stuff adventures are made of. With little thought as to what I was headed into, I booked a flight from Casablanca to the …
Bali is a lovely place. But the years of being overrun by Australian tourists and surfers have taken their toll. It is no longer the unspoiled paradise it once was. A stroll around Kuta Beach will confirm that in just a few minutes. Lombok, just a short ferry ride away, …