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Top Five Tips Archive
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4 Tips for Traveling Without Reducing your Neurotic Parents into Nervous, Gibbering Wrecks
Posted on August 1, 2011 | 18 CommentsGuest Post by: Mike Curtis who has has just returned to Merry old Blighty after spending 3 months being very, very lost in Asia. He now works for Uswitch, comparing gas and electricity prices. Forever. “Mum, I’m going to go to a Malaria hot spot,... -
Travel Rant: On the Importance of Gratitude
Posted on December 18, 2010 | 61 CommentsI’m currently settled into the lovely city of Vientiane, Laos for the Christmas holidays. I love it here – everything from the colonial architecture, the garishly colored temples, the wonderful food and the lovely, friendly Laos people. It has been a bit of an adjustment... -
Australia: A Few Things Oprah Probably Won’t Tell You
Posted on November 1, 2010 | 49 CommentsThis post is going to sound negative – like I’m trying to convince you that visiting Australia is a bad idea. So let’s just clear the air now before we get too far into it: I love Australia and think it is one of the... -
Tension in the Skies: Towards A New Inflight Etiquette
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsBy now most of you have probably read about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who had a meltdown after a passenger disrespected him following a landing at Kennedy Airport. Basically, the plane landed and a passenger prematurely stood up to remove luggage from the... -
Top Five Tips: Dealing with a Bad Stomach While Traveling
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s not a pretty topic, but one that I’ve become familiar with during the last four weeks in Mexico and something that most avid travelers bump up against at one point or another on their journey. Some lucky people mostly manage to avoid getting a... -
Top Five Tips: Tokyo for First Time Visitors
Posted on July 10, 2010 | No CommentsThere are a handful of cities that live up to the expectations you place on them prior to your first trip. New York has splendour and the hustle. Paris has art-deco cafes with impatient waiters. Tokyo… probably has the most difficult image to satisfy. Can... -
Top 5 Tips: Question to Ask When Renting in the Tropics
Posted on July 5, 2010 | 1 CommentI am smack in the middle of spending six weeks in San Blas, located in the Nayarit province of Mexico. It is stop two on our around-the-world year of travel, chosen in part because we wanted to be immersed in a different culture long enough...
