WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 7 Jun 2006 | Views [393] | Comments [2]
There is simply nothing worse than being sick in a foreign land, especially if you are alone. It's simply the pits.
Unfortunately, diarrhea from food and water can be quite common for a variety of reasons and although only a minor annoyance in ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, food, water, hygiene, daikon, vegetable, natural medicine
WORLDWIDE | Tuesday, 30 May 2006 | Views [306]
It is one of the peculiarities of travel insurance that people buy it because they imagine having their belongings stolen, and yet this is one of the least important reasons you actually need it. By this I mean that although it is an incredibly common ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, theft, travel insurance
WORLDWIDE | Friday, 19 May 2006 | Views [224]
I don't know about you, but I frequently head off on shortish trips to small groups of countries like Japan, Vietnam and Laos or Italy, France and the UK. Modern electronics have become wonderfully small compared to 10 years ago ... but I am still ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, laptop, plugs
WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 10 May 2006 | Views [217]
Camera's
Simple really: don't take anything with you that you aren't prepared to lose. You might think that with everyone and their dog carrying a digital camera these days, these wouldn't be a target, but with 30% of the world's population living ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, camera, money
WORLDWIDE | Saturday, 6 May 2006 | Views [168]
"Look shabby! Shabby people are attacked less than the smart asses with the brands" was a quote on one site. While this is undoubtedly true in some circumstances, try telling that to the smart immigration official in Singapore when you are ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Tuesday, 18 Apr 2006 | Views [198]
It is usually a good idea to try to arrive during daylight hours, especially to an unfamiliar destination. I was travelling across North Africa years ago and made the mistake of arriving in Algiers at about 11pm. I stepped off the train, looked around, ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, arriving
WORLDWIDE | Sunday, 9 Apr 2006 | Views [224]
I am a firm believer in human intuition, which seems to have served me well over the years. Follow the messages your 'other' sense gives you; if an area or person gives you the creep, bad karma or bad vibe, just get away from it/him/her. I was in ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, intuition
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 9 Mar 2006 | Views [292]
This is a really simple one: make sure your passport is valid for at least 6 months AND has at least 10 whole empty pages available for visa stamps. Why? I was working in Japan once after an extended overseas trip, had to go to Korea to get ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, passport
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 9 Mar 2006 | Views [227]
I have travelled with everything from climbing rucsacks on a long haul trip across India to just a tiny day pack for 4 weeks in Cambodia. My advice, like many before me is to travel light ! Now of course, this might mean either of the above, so you ... Read more >
Tags: travel tips, backpack
