For many years I backpacked on a very tight budget, sleeping in the cheapest Hotels, using public transport, mainly bus and train, sometimes boat, ferry, the occasional hitchhike, and occasionally fly in small planes. Traveling like this can get quite intense sometimes, but it is definitely the best way to get in touch with the… Read More Diverse ways to experience a country
From Paradise to Freezing Hell So I’m back in Los Angeles, fresh off a two-month gig painting rooms at a youth hostel in Hawaii. Tropical weather, ocean breeze, the whole postcard thing. Paul, who manages a few hostels in LA, hits me with news: Brian – the guy who owns the whole hostel chain and… Read More Living and working in New York City
I am in Ushuaia, Argentina, the supposedly southernmost City in the world. After 2 months traveling through southern Chile and Argentina I am no longer able to stay warm. It is middle of summer and the outside temperature never gets above 15° C The constant wind goes through and through. I can not even warm… Read More Ambush in Argentina
Walking through a strange city, in a strange country, watching people trying to get through life in one way or another. Here a woman at her stand with a small gas cooker on which she roasts peanuts.Others, in their 1.5 x 2 meter shacks stuffed with things specializing in special services.One repairs and sells used… Read More W(o)andering through town
I’m just about to board a Merpati plane, on the way from Kupang, on Timor Island to Darwin. My tourist permit for Indonesia expires tomorrow, so, off to Darwin. I was there already 2 months ago to renew my permit for Indonesia When I step into the approx. 30-seat, twin-engine propeller machine in Kupang, the… Read More Hitch Hiking from Darwin To Noosa Heads, QL
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