Internet cafes can be dangerous places. Here’s how to keep your information safe.
Photo by Mark Shandro
Whether sending email, uploading photos, booking flights and hotels, paying the bills back home, and checking the status of a bank account, travelers use the internet for a huge variety of tasks.
The ubiquity of internet cafes around the world has made this convenience possible.
Christopher Columbus set off to discover The New World about five centuries ago. Today, Virgin Airlines is looking to offer galactic tours.
Can an explorer of old still teach us anything about travel?
Back in his time, Columbus struggled to talk anyone into financing his dreams. He campaigned for funding in 1485 and appealed to the courts of Portugal, England and Spain continuously until he finally set sail in August of 1492.
How did the backpacker cross the road? Care, Caution and Confidence are key. Follow the tips in this traveler’s guide to pedestrian safety and you’ll get to the other side in one piece.
Crossing streets in foreign countries is often a daunting task. In big cities like Bangkok or Delhi, it can seem as if stop signs, red lights and crosswalks all mean GO FASTER!
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Paraphrased from an outline by Nat Geo:?
1. ? determine? how well you know the host (s).
2. ? don’t overstay you’re welcome.?
3. ? accommodate your hosts’ schedule.
4. ? don’t expect a free tour guide.
5. ? bring your own toiletries.
6. ? control your kids!
7. ? clean up after yourself.
8. ? help with meal prep.
9. ? don’t eat (or drink) them “out of house and home”.
10.remember to be courteous….. bring a gift!
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TRAVEL WELL AND ENJOY! ?
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I am a sucker for train travel. What other transportation alternative offers ample leg room, no security lines and no traffic jams?
In fact, the mere mention of the word ???rail??? evokes romantic thoughts of long afternoons spent gazing at gorgeous scenery while happily chatting with the person in the next seat.
Unfortunately, I have also had my share of nightmare train experiences. I??™ve spent hours sitting on cold station floors, I??™ve been stuck in a cramped fetal position in Eastern Europe because I thought the cheaper ticket was the better deal, and I have dealt with my share of screaming babies.
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In his short life, my dog Norman (a.k.a. “Norm”) has marked his territory in two foreign countries and almost all the states east of the Mississippi.
He recently flew back from Guatemala and looks forward to a bit of a rest before his next journey. Right now, he is sniffing a cat’s butt.
The first question many people ask about Norm is how we manage to travel with him. Certainly his size assists in this process, but many people are curious as to how to prepare to take a pet on the road. There seems to be a self-defeatist attitude about traveling with pets, whether it is the cost of care or the bureaucracy involved with crossing borders.
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The internet has totally changed travel. It has made it easy to keep in touch with people back home as well as keep up with what is going on around the world.
For some, this can be overwhelming. Here are some tips I’ve discovered from traveling with a laptop for the last seven months. While many of these are laptop specific, some will be useful even if you only visit an internet cafe occasionally.
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Great Britain is one of the world’s most popular tourism destinations, luring travelers of all budgets and backgrounds, in all seasons.
Unfortunately for the budget traveler, Britain is also one of the world’s most expensive destinations.
The cost of living is considered unreasonably high by many of the British themselves, and when you factor in the exchange rate as well ??“ sterling easily outweighs most other currencies ??“ things can get pricey.
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This is Part III of a four part series on laptop travel.
When traveling with a laptop, there’s a significant risk that it could fall victim to one of three potential disasters - lost, stolen or broken.
You don’t want to constantly clutch your laptop while exploring a new city or be afraid to let it out of your sight. But nothing can sour your day quite like having something expensive - like a laptop - get lost, stolen or broken on the road.
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In this day and age it??™s possible to travel around the world - from Ushuaia to Ulaan Baatar - and speak nothing but English the whole time.
Why bother learning Thai or Hindi, when touts in Bangkok and Delhi can hook you up with everything you could possibly want or need - ???Very Cheap, My Friend, Special for You!???
The answer, of course, is that making the effort to speak a few words of the local language will lead to a more authentic, fulfilling, unique and memorable travel experience.
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