Archive | May, 2011

How to Travel South Africa Like a Local

28 May 2011

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I spent the entire month of April traveling and visiting old friends in South Africa on my usual $25 Dollar a day travel budget. South Africa is one of my favorite countries in the world and a lot of things changed to the better since I lived and worked there in 2002. What I hardly […]

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5 of the Best Adventures in Peru

24 May 2011

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I’ve traveled to almost 40 different countries on a shoestring budget and also lived and worked in 5 of those countries for about a year each time. With all that time spent abroad, there’s only one country that truly has the full package. And by full package I mean: mystical culture, great food, world class […]

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Photo of the Week: Indian Girl at the Train Station

24 May 2011

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Pictures like this one is why I love looking out the window for hours on end when I ride the train in India. It is just such an eye-opener how life is unfolding in the rural parts of India…a world that is far away from our daily western reality. Here, the little girl is waiting […]

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Photo of the Week: Making Indian Saris from Scratch

22 May 2011

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Staying on a $25 a day budget is easy when you can buy new clothes directly from the manufacturer. In this case you could actually watch the guy making the Saris all day long. In case you wonder, the prices for a beautiful sari started at $8. Pretty cool present with a good story, don’t […]

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Photo of the Week: Sunrise at the Ganges in India

20 May 2011

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I took a paddle boat out onto the Ganges to watch the sunrise when this dad and son duo paddled by us and offered their little tourist trinkets. It was just after 5AM when I took this picture, so no wonder the little boy is almost asleep. Gee, I was in a gaze all morning […]

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Photo of the Week: Western Wall and Dome of the Rock

17 May 2011

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Two of the holiest places in the same picture: The Western Wall for the Jews and the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount for the Muslims. Only in a city like Jerusalem would you find such important places so close together.

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Photo of the Week: Her Holiness Waiting at the Beauty Parlor

15 May 2011

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I have no idea why this holy cow was waiting outside the Beauty Parlor every single day I was in Varanassi, India. Doesn’t she know that she’s pretty enough already? What do you think?

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Underground Adventures in Jerusalem

12 May 2011

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I’m an adventure boy and when I spend too much time in any city looking at churches, monuments and art pieces I get this strange feeling that I need to have an adrenaline rush. When that time comes I can either ignore my feelings – which in turn makes me no fun to be around […]

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Photo of the Week: Morning Blues at the best Wave in the World

10 May 2011

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This is what I found before sunrise in Jeffreys Bay: Firing waves at the Supertubes section of the best wave in the world. I was tired as hell after an overnight bus ride from Cape Town, my twisted ankle was hurting and I almost fell asleep while taking this picture. Which made my first wave […]

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Jumping on a Train in India

7 May 2011

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Everything in India is bamboozling: from the number of people and hustlers around you to the simple fact of boarding a train. That’s exactly what I did for the very first time in my life in India: get on a stupid train. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Well it isn’t when 2000 people want to jump […]

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