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Embracing Stupidity

20 June 2010

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So you’re travelling to a new place and want to do as the locals do. Eat what they eat, go where they go and acts as they act. An oft espouse piece of travel advice is to act as if you’re a local, otherwise fall prey to scammers and thieves. While good advice in principle, [...]

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Travelling With Technology

13 June 2010

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Do you travel with technology?  For the longest time I’ve been a  bit of a technophobe when it came to travel.  Just a digital camera and that’s about it.  No cell phone, laptop, or any sort of electronic device.  The iPod worked its way into the backpack but still there was never a “real computer” [...]

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Are We More?

23 February 2010

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Yes.  I was really surprised to see slam poetry making an appearance at the opening ceremonies but Shane Koyczan proudly stated more about Canada than could ever be thought up by a beer company’s marketing campaign. Here’s another version a little longer and put to some music. If you have problem with finding a Canadian [...]

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A Travel Comic…I Hope

27 January 2010

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A friend of mine sent me this link to a Penny Arcade comic that got me laughing. Although I have written a lot of flying and the security measures surrounding it, there’s no point in taking it too seriously all of the time. Taking it with some humour is the only sane way out. The [...]

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The Big Apple In Recession: Less Shine More Worm

16 January 2010

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(credit: Sugar Pond) So 2009 was a wild year for the stock market. The dramatic fall brought down big firms like Lehman Brothers and other big time banks. Many of them bounced back by the end of the year with the help of world governments. Sadly, the same can’t be said for small and mid-sized [...]

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Touch and Feel With The TSA

12 January 2010

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credit: dan paluska Ever sine the attempted terrorist bombing on December 26th there have been new security restrictions in place for flights to the USA. Now that I’ve successfully flown through them it’s time to set the record straight on exactly what goes on for these flights. The warnings were always pretty vague. Likely meant [...]

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Is Travel Really Worth It?

5 January 2010

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A little while ago there were a couple of articles asking the question “is travel worth it?” Clearly the answer was yes, but I was shocked to read that the authors didn’t think so. This was kicked off by a post at Man vs Debt and followed up over at Early Retirement Extreme. They are [...]

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Thoughts On The Travel Restrictions

29 December 2009

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I feel a rant coming on…A failed terrorist attack has done it again. We are once again facing the prospect of airport security enhancements. While I do respect the authority under which these security measures are decreed, I disagree with the reaction to this incident by the authorities. There are a lot of reasons so [...]

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