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When authority speaks, we ought to listen. This year, the heavyweights of the travel industry have spoken; taken their pick (and road-tested) superlative – best, fairest, cheapest – destinations for 2013. Their choices definitely vary, but they arrived at a common conclusion despite differences in criteria: Southeast Asia just won’t …

The smartphone is one of the best tools that you could bring when you travel. It not only allows you to keep in touch through calls and SMS, but it also allows you to go online to get information about the places you’ll be going to. It also helps keep …

Travelers often have a set of items that they bring along on any trip. These are things that have a specific yet practical use, and can be applicable to any location in the world or any kind of trip. Most of these are personal items, and are small enough to …

When traveling, one of the first things we women do (that is, after we think of where to go and what to do there) is “What do we bring?” We agonize over this question because you can either bring too much, or end up with too little. Clothes seem to …

Someone once said that the best way for you to be a great traveler is to start traveling within your own country. Many people boast of being world travelers, going off to explore Europe or Africa or South America, but remain a stranger in their own land. As a child, …

As a traveller, it’s been a tradition of mine to send postcards from the places I visit to my friends back home. They do the same for me when they travel. It’s an inexpensive way to give them a souvenir of my travels, and it’s also a great way to …

Would it be possible to live indoors on US$500 a month, eat delicious and healthy meals, and perhaps get some form of medical coverage? For many Americans approaching retirement and invested their life savings in stocks and bonds that were decimated in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 real estate debacle, …

Since travel is our niche, we want to start sharing and discussing some miscellaneous travel stuff, not just focused on Southeast Asia. So from time to time, you will see posts pertaining to travel in general. To start this change, I found a great infographic dedicated to the adventurous, wanderlusting …

Etiquette and other cultural habits of Thailand may have already been mentioned, but it’s always good to review! When traveling to foreign lands it’s important to respect the culture and to fit in as much as possible to avoid problems. How would you feel if a visitor in your country …