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In the tiny, communist, underdeveloped country of Laos, along a stretch of The Nam Song River is a place of almost unimaginable fun. How can we put it? It’s a gigantic adult playground with free shots of whiskey, tolerated drug use, no rules, no police, huge dangerous toys at the bars and some of the [...]
With so many different religions claiming India as their homeland - there is always something being celebrated somewhere in India. We stumbled upon a particularly friendly group of Krishnas in New Delhi celebrating what we thought they said was Friendship Day. It was a mid-day street parade thru hopelessly crowded streets. Music, dancing, flower showers, face paint, it [...]
Do you have the arguably idiotic and highly improbable dream of hugging a tiger? I do and come to find out, The Tiger Kingdom in northern Thailand makes tiger hugs happen. It’s awesome! Their job is to take care of tigers and they take their jobs seriously. The intoxicating beauty and allure of these majestic [...]
Road Trip! As It Is takes you through Southeast Asia the way Southeast Asians do it … on a moped. So buckle up (figuratively), strap on your helmet (optional) & forget everything you learned in drivers training. There are no rules, signals, stop lights, speed limits, max cap or police out here.
Top 10 Photos: Driving [...]
It’s the annual Melbourne Cup Horse Races. Think Kentucky Derby but way bigger. So big in fact the Aussies have made it a public holiday. As it turned out the actual horse racing seemed to be of little consequence – it’s time to get dressed up and get hammered. An adult prom under the guise of [...]
Anushka and Eric got married in May 2010. Their honeymoon? A one year trip around the world with eight of these 12 months spent traveling 23 countries in Africa. In eight months they would travel through the majority of the West, East and Southern African countries. Their favorite places may surprise you. Here is a [...]
Some people wait for the rain, pray for the rain or dance for the rain — the people of Vang Vieng, Laos shoot big ass homemade rockets at the sky for it. And what goes best with shooting massive homemade rockets at the sky to onset the rainy season? Drinking and dancing of course.
Top [...]
The Thai river community and the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market — where the seemingly impractical is wonderfully simplistic. Located 100 Km southwest of Bangkok, the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and River Community is built and operates entirely on the water. Taxis and sidewalks float. So do houses and markets. This is one of the best [...]
The Mongol Rally is from London to Mongolia. It is an unsupported, unguided, save your own ass — trip of a lifetime. The purpose? To see if you, your teammates and your 1.2 liter car can make it and to raise money for charity.
The first time Sherry Ott heard of it she was hooked. [...]
Andy Peck was looking for a place to write. He thought somewhere aesthetically pleasing and free of charge sounded nice. When he found a multi-million pound Spanish mountain retreat and neither him nor the owners could believe their luck, he thought he might be able to make a business out of this.
Here is a [...]
Craig planned to go on vacation to Cambodia for about three weeks. While he was there, he
was having such a great time he extended his trip by a few days. He was only back in the United States for a few weeks before he decided he [...]
Diane and Blair sold everything and went traveling. About seven months into their trip they went to India. They planned to stay for months. After three weeks they wanted to leave.
Here is a bit of their story.
How was it that you decided to go to India?
Diane: Basically on the name [...]
Most people go to the beach for a week in the summer. Mike Valigore & Kelly Hatch went to Sub-Saharan Africa — for 4.5 months.
While the rest of us were sipping mojitos in lounge chairs, Mike and Kelly were getting charged by elephants, swimming with great [...]
Asia
Detailed Budgets on Long Term Travel throughout Asia
http://jooiworld.com/articles/asia-travel-expenses.php
Excellent breakdown of costs (include pre-trip expenditures) for 11 months of travel in Southeast Asia and Europe. Trip was taken 2008 – 2009.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tAYujkKyosYAkcknBD-nOZA&output=html
Excellent breakdown of costs (include pre-trip expenditures) for 11 months of travel in Southeast [...]
The original plan was to retire early. Then, Betsy Talbot’s brother had a heart attack. And a close friend, a brain aneurysm.
Betsy and her husband Warren, suddenly had a new perspective on life.
The longest vacation they had ever been on was a week. They decided [...]
#1) Not married? You will be. Married? You won’t be.
#2) Sleeping is for pussies and/or for those who don’t feel like paying for one.
#3) Two nights expenses? A teeny, teeny bit more than the GDP of Gambia.
#4) Dear Mexico, We know you have [...]
#1) 99% of our population — male, 0% of our population — sober.
#2*) Seven miles wide, 5400 acres deep, 3,000 onesie sightings per day.
#3) Cost of pizza at Two Elks Lodge = $4/slice + the 6000% eat here or choose to starve tax.
#4) Sit back and relax — your entire vacation is [...]
#1. If you don’t have to go snorkeling for dinner and/or worry about your children stepping on landmines on their way home from school — allow yourself to be (a little) ripped off by those who do.
#2. Do you see people in urban environments in your own country wearing wicking shirts, pants that zip [...]
Carley wanted to teach in Africa. The Peace Corps wanted her in Zimbabwe. Mugabe wanted her (and every other white person) out.
Here is a bit of her story.
Zimbabwe is going through a lot these days. What was it like when you were there?
I was there in late 1999 – early 2000. Zimbabwe [...]
According to the information on lonelyplanet.com, below is the list of is the average cost for one night accommodation and three meals per day in every* place in the world. The amounts below reflect average costs** for the cheapest possible options that would be available in the respective countries.
229 North Korea $407.00 228 Antartica [...]
According to lonelyplanet.com if you are on the super budget European travel plan or just don’t feel like blowing your (financial) wad — these are the cheapest* countries in Europe for travel.
1. Armenia / Belarus
Cheapest Accommodation: $5 – $20
Cheapest Meal: $1 – $3
Average cost per day: $18.50
2. [...]
All the countries in South America from most to least expensive to travel to according to lonelyplanet.com.
13. French Guiana
Cheapest Accomodations: $55 – $78
Cheapest Meals: $4.67 – $12.45
Average Daily Cost for Accommodation and 3 meals/day: $92.18
12. Falkland Islands
Cheapest Accomodations: $15.80 – $32
Cheapest Meals: $4 [...]
Below are the Caribbean countries and islands ranked from most to least expensive based on the lowest possible costs* published on lonelyplanet.com.
28. Cayman Islands
Cheapest Accommodation: $84 – $144
Cheapest Meal: $9.60 – $18
Average cost for 3 meals and 1 night stay: $155.40
27. Bonaire
Cheapest Accommodation: $80 – [...]
If you are looking for some Central American on the cheap, below are the countries in this area of the mundo ranked from least to most expensive. These numbers reflect the lowest possible costs* you can expect to pay for three meals a day and one night accommodation according to lonelyplanet.com.
1. Nicaragua
Cheapest [...]
According to lonelyplanet.com’s “low cost ranges” for countries in Africa, these are all of the countries on the continent to travel to in order of least to most expensive.
1. Madagascar
Cheapest Accomodations*: Less than $2.73
Cheapest Meals: Less than $0.66
Average Daily Cost for Accommodation and 3 meals/day**: $4.71
2. Guinea
If you are looking for some seriously remote or maybe not so remote places in the South Pacific below are the most to least expensive countries based on the lowest possible costs according to lonelyplanet.com (for one night stay and 3 meals / day) that might suit your fancy.
22. Wallis and Futuna
Cheapest [...]
To avoid finishing up a presentation for work, I did a little surfing on www.lonelyplanet.com to find the top cheapest countries* to travel to in Asia. The list is below. All currencies are in USD.
26. North Korea
Cheapest Accommodation: $259 – $444
Cheapest Meal: $14.80 – $22.20
Average cost for 3 [...]
Below are all the countries in the Middle East ranked from least to most expensive for travel. These numbers reflect the lowest possible costs* you can expect to pay for three meals a day and one night accommodation according to lonelyplanet.com.
1. Yemen
Cheapest Accommodation: $3.74 – $7.48
Cheapest Meal: $0.90 – $1.99
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