Because my very first travels were solo and began years ago, whatever safety rules I may have adhered to in the beginning have become somewhat become absorbed into my psyche and, therefore, a little difficult to extract and express. I have pulled out several of them, though, and compiled them into the following list. Whether [...]

Travel is the ultimate eye opener. If your routine life is growing a little old, take a trip and learn how the rest of the world lives. After traveling to even just a few countries, you’ll see that there are some ways of life in your home country which seem perfectly natural to you but [...]

Traveling solo is so first nature to me that, unfortunately, I’ve stopped giving any conscious thought to extremely important aspects of this travel genre, such as safety. I’m always alone, always manage to stay safe, and that’s the story. I’m happy that I was sent the following guest post, because it addresses personal safety issues [...]

Kampot, Cambodia is going to stick with me forever. I thoroughly adored this tiny town during the three weeks I was staked out in it and, now that it’s behind me, my affection has far from faded. In the middle of absolutely nowhere whatsoever, Kampot harbors pure rural Cambodian life. Little Kampot is already an [...]

My habit is to stay in various locations for-almost-ever, which I think gives me far better insight into the ways of the world than by just passing through. My love of staying put may also be due to the fact that I hate traveling. Back in October of last year I wrote Six Reasons to [...]

I usually plant myself whereever I travel for long periods of time. As such, I’ve been in the small town of Kampot, Cambodia for many, many days now. If you’ve ever been to Kampot, you’ll realize that if you stick around for even a few hours it’s inevitable that you’ll get to know this little [...]

Say “the Mid East” to Westerners and you’ll likely conjure up visions of explosions, beheadings and armed Taliban at worst and near-empty countries comprised solely of sand dunes, wandering camels and repressed women at best. Decades of continuous bad press have wiped the entirety of the Mid East off the travel map for many people, [...]

As I now inexplicably suffer through a cold here in the tropical heat of Malaysia, I have discovered that I literally cannot find a pharmacy in this town, and they don’t sell medication at grocery stores. This leaves me feeling really happy that I brought along a few basic non-prescription medications before I left the [...]