Arriving in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta International Airport

When you Fly into Jakarta and hop off the plane you will first go down a clove cigarette smelling hallway, the visa on arrival booths will be on your right and left (they sort of look like money exchange booths). Try to get off the […]

International Medical Insurance

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Travel medical insurance is what you’ll need if you’ll be traveling around a lot. If you are going to become an expatriate and live overseas permanently, then you’ll need some type of permanent insurance.
In many countries, you’ll be able to receive medical services for just a little money, […]

Burma: The Land Time Forgot

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“This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about…”
Rudyard Kipling, Letters from the East (1898)
As Kipling noted, Burma is a rare country in every sense of the word. A journey to the country is akin to traveling in a time machine, transporting the […]

Hotel Review: Intercontinental City Stars Cairo, Egypt

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The Intercontinental City Stars Cairo is a hotel situated in the Cairo City Stars complex, which consists of two hotels, an office tower, and the City Centre shopping center. With almost 800 rooms and suites, five restaurants, casino, health club, business center, wireless network and ballroom with […]

Boat Ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap

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This is an older story – but one of our favorites from a trip to Cambodia back before it was a “mainstream” travel destination. We have heard that the boats running from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap are not as regular anymore and sometimes stop completely. But […]

Cheap Airlines in Southeast Asia

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Smart Traveler: Cheap Hops in Asia
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/resources/st_air0509/asia.html Low-fare carriers are multiplying in the East.
This is a good article on Cheap Airlines in Southeast Asia from National Geographic Traveler

Fishing in Pattaya, Thailand

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I spent a few days fishing off of the cost of Pattaya, Thailand last month with some buddy’s. I was hoping to pull in a gigantic monster of a fish, unfortunately according to our guide fishing has not been so good lately, he thinks it […]

The Worst Travel Writer Ever

Who is the worst travel writer in the history of traveling?
Favell Lee Mortimer an 18th century author of scary children’s novels and geographic information such as ‘The Countries of Europe Described’, ‘Far Off, Part I: Asia and Australia Described’ and ‘Far Off, Part II: Africa and America Described’ surely takes the prize.

The funny thing is… […]

Buying gems in Southeast Asia and Reselling Them Back Home For a Profit

This article is supposed to be a “Tongue in Cheek” poke at buying gems in Asia and selling them back home for quick cash – don’t take the tone too seriously. But – the advice is still solid, you won’t make money doing this and there is a 99.999% chance that you will get ripped […]

Tangkuban Perahu Volcano, Indonesia

These are some pictures from when I went to Subang Ciater, West Java last year with a buddy of mine to see Tangkuban Perahu – a semi-active Volcano here in Indonesia.
It’s about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Jakarta so we set off around 6am (the earliest I have been awake in 7 months) and […]