Money really isn’t everything in India For the most part, Indians are generous people (as an Indian, I can make this sweeping generalization!), and I’ve gotten by on the kindness of strangers here more times than I care to publicly admit. There’s an entire culture and way of thinki...
The exchange has been lodged in my mind ever since, though, due to my visceral, real-time reaction to that video. It was an emphatic inner voice saying, “Yes. I could be that person but no thank you.” There was a time in my not-too-distant past when I might have received that...
When it comes to types of safaris in Africa, there are endless options. However, there is one big question you need to answer before starting your planning. Are you ready for a self-drive safari? What is a self-drive safari? As the name suggests, a self-drive safari means that you ...
There wasn’t much happening in Grožnjan on a Sunday, but it really didn’t matter. The owner of the hostel made me a delicious cappuccino, and then I was off … 3.5 hours or so to Zagreb. I have GOT to give Google Maps out shout out —— this has definitely been the most am...
and other Guatemalan specialities. Dan and I visited the Casa del Ron inAntiguafor drinks and they were high quality. Unknown to us on our visit to Casa del Ron in Antigua, there is also an outpost at the Guatemala La Aurora International airport (i.e., the Guatemala City airport), and...
I know there shouldn’t be a problem with returning to a place that you had been with an ex, but I don’t know… it just always felt weird to do so. I was able to hold him off for about a year and a half by going to other places like Canada, Peru, and Italy. But it got...
First off, Ireland is small and the train tickets are reasonably priced. Italy is similar, partly because the government subsidizes trains quite a bit, so trips between Rome, Florence, Venice, and Cinque Terre are fairly cheap, and much cheaper if you buy them at least a few weeks in ...
How many airports are there in Europe? There are thousands of airports of varying size and busyness throughout Europe, and every European country has one main international airport through which the majority of visitors arrive. Some countries have several of these international gateways. ...
which take place about three weeks before Ash Wednesday and Lent. Masks are an emblem of the Venetian Carnival. Back in the day, masks protected your identity and social status, meaning people from different social standings could socialise with each other without being judged. There are around ...
Airline officials and aviation regulators like to point out that there has not been a fatal crash of a U.S. airliner since 2009, although in 2018 a passenger died on a Southwest flight after an engine explosion and in the past year there has been a sharp increase in close calls being in...