I’ve said many times on this blog that traveling on a budget is a mindset more than a collection of tips and tricks. If you just spend 10 bucks on my still-relevant Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune book and follow the principles there, you’ll be ahead of at least 80% of the general …

The USA has some of the most developed health care equipment, some of the best-trained specialists, and some of the best-equipped hospitals in the world. There’s just one big problem: the average American can’t afford access to those shiny superlatives. A recent study that compared 11 of the wealthiest, most developed countries on the planet …

If you’re landing in a new city and don’t know a soul who lives there, how can you find the memorable neighborhoods and locals’ restaurants or food stalls? In these cases one sure way to save some trial and error time is to book a tour with a local guide. If it’s the right kind …

If you live or travel in the USA, you’ll notice there’s a lot of really great beer in cans now. A lot of those cans have  great artwork too. For most of beer’s history, this was not true. You bought good beer in bottles. Crap beer came in cans. I can’t remember seeing any microbrews …

We walked along the spine of a ridge single file, the path barely wide enough for one person, with a steep drop on each side. A tossed stone would have tumbled down a very long way before coming to a stop so we chose our steps carefully. It was hard to keep looking down though …