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Thailand: Phang Nga bay tour from Phang Nga town
I thought I was being clever heading all the way up to the top of Phang Nga bay. I knew there were boat tours offered from both Phuket and Krabi, but since they started 45 miles south of the bay, I figured they’d cost more than one starting from the top of the bay. While…
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My $100 pair of cheap sandals
While I still hold that sandals are the only footwear I’ll ever buy, I can’t say that cost savings will be the reason. I purchased my current pair of leather sandals in Mexico last year for about $15, much cheaper than it would cost me to buy a high quality pair of Western sandals. I…
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Reducing plastic water bottle use by using a sterilization pen.
I’m not sure what people in Thailand drank before bottled water came along. Nowadays, almost every Thai drinks bottled water of one sort or another, and all of it comes in plastic. I’ve been on a personal mission for almost a year to rid myself of as much plastic as I can, and this is…
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Almost abandoning ship
I had a romantic notion of island hopping through dramatic karst rock formations by ferry when I opted to take the ferry instead of the train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, but I had begun to sour on the idea. As I mentioned in a previous story, the high speed ferries of Thailand required that…
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Do it now
Don’t “just do it”. Do it now. This is all the time you have. Don’t waste it. I can’t tell you the number of times my retired tourists have validated my decision to travel while I’m young. They’re happy to share that while they have enough money now to live comfortably and travel as they’d…
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You’re so lucky
People often tell me I’m lucky to have the life I have. For instance, the other day in the elevator a guy offered me a voucher for a free drink after we had ridden together for 30 seconds. Some would say it is luck. I say it’s attitude. I had chosen to engage the man…
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Saving on Sunscreen
I’m adding sunscreen to the list of things I will remove from my pack in order to lighten my load. I brought it this past trip but hardly used it. I realized I’ve made several adjustments to the way I travel that allow me to do without it. I grew up in an era when…
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Crossing over the wall from Mexico
One of the extras promoted when I was purchasing my airline ticket to Tijuana was called the Cross Border Express. I envisioned a bus that took you from the airport to the border, where you’d walk across to the US side, and it would continue on to San Diego. At least I remember reading something…
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