Travel Bloggers Get Paid For Selling Dreams
Travel bloggers are selling dreams paid by various tourism bodies. Promoting luxury, fast travel, and the most faraway locations messes up local economies and generates more waste and pollution.
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Tax free shopping and how to get a tax refund in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi airports in Georgia
Georgian Revenue service is providing information on tax free shopping and the VAT refund on their website , but unfortunately in Georgian only. As the process is quite different than in other countries, we decided to share our experiences about it.
22nd Wedding Anniversary In No Man's Land
Photos of our 22nd wedding anniversary in no man's land.
Finding the Best Cruises | Cruise Guide with Tips & Tricks
This cruise guide is crafted for value-conscious travelers seeking affordable ways to explore and visit new countries. It is not intended for those seeking to show off or celebrate anniversaries lavishly on their cruise vacation.
Touring the Balkans
Touring around Balkans and travelling in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia.
Travelling to holy and mysterious Tibet
Travelling to Tibet by the new Qinghai-Tibet railway was awesome and easy. No notorious travel permits were needed. Tibet itself with its mountainous scenery and minority people reminded us of Bolivia, which we love, except that it was way more touristy. Still, at least the train trip was worthwhile.
Inserting Power Plugs Into British Sockets Without Adaptor
British sockets ( type G ) with three pins are used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. You do not need expensive plastic adaptors to use them with European power plugs ( type C ). A thin pen will suffice.
Airlines, Online Travel Agents & Cruise Lines Steal Refunds
Recent hostilities in the Middle-East have led to millions of passengers to miss their hotel bookings , flights and cruises. Carriers and online travel agencies ( OTA ) are exploiting the situation. When a refund is carried out, both OTA and the carrier lose money. They deliberately sabotage refunds so that customers give up their money.
Visiting Basque Country: Donostia San Sebastian & Bilbao
Have you ever wondered how to speak Basque language? Here you can find a link to a conversational dictionary as well as some photos from Donostia / San Sebastian and Bilbao in Basque Country, Spain.
How To Fix Our World? Lessons Learned On The Road
New year, this time the Gregorian variant, is time for reminiscing and making promises to be broken. For us, it is a day just like any other day. We celebrated it by cleaning the house just like we did at Christmas. When you celebrate only a few days, you make all the other days feel less important. We choose to celebrate every single moment with the same intensity. Although humanity is pretty much a lost cause and the easiest fix would be our rapid extinction, there are some things we can do to fix our world. We figured them out on the road in 140 countries during the past 20 years .
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