Culinary travel is an emerging trend amongst ardent travelers and food and wine lovers alike. What exactly does the term “culinary travel” bring to mind? As with any type of specialty travel, the variety of trips that could fall into the culinary travel category are as countless and unique as the travelers themselves: a weekend [...]
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Travelling Safely – Antidotes to Fear
Posted by Keith on March 8th, 2010
Often cited as the ‘first backpacker’, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri was a seventeenth century Italian adventurer and traveler. He was among the first Europeans to tour the world using public transportation and his travels may have inspired Jules Vern’s Around the World in Eighty Days.Travel As Gemelli described it in his journal, his five years [...]
How to Meet Backpackers
Posted by Keith on February 16th, 2010
While one of the most positive aspects of round-the-world (RTW) travel is the time it allows you to relax and really get to know yourself, committing to long-term travel has the added benefit of opening up a whole new social circle to you—like-minded vagabonders! Today on the BootsnAll message boards, a ‘Bootsie’ posed the question: [...]
Down and Out: Scammed in Ho Chi Minh City
Posted by Keith on February 9th, 2010
Although most travelers in Vietnam feel relatively safe, crime endemic to areas frequented by tourists do occur, ie petty crimes such as pickpocketing. Indeed, violent crime remains rare—especially violent crime targeting westerners or tourists. Back in 2002, having spent a month travelling about Vietnam, I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)—my last stop before [...]
When to go: timing your itinerary
Posted by Keith on February 2nd, 2010
As Doug Lansky writes in his book, First-Time Around the World: A Trip Planner for the Ultimate Journey, “on a long trip you can’t be everywhere at just the ideal time. And it’s not worth trying.” I think that’s sage advice and notable for what it demands from the traveller—flexibility. While you can’t be everywhere [...]
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