Street Art: Rio de Janeiro

Photos, Places

Street Art: Rio de Janeiro

Posted on 04 May 2012

Continuing to highlight my fascination with street art of all kinds, here are photos I took in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Continue Reading

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My Travel Costs in South America: A Complete Budget Breakdown (with Spreadsheet)

Travel Tips

My Travel Costs in South America: A Complete Budget Breakdown (with Spreadsheet)

Posted on 29 April 2012

Note: See the end of this post to see how you can get/use my expense tracking spreadsheet (free). Many people are interested in how much around-the-world (RTW) or other long-term travel costs, especially as a budget traveler or backpacker. As I explained in my Central America cost breakdown, before I began my multi-year Latin America [...] Continue Reading

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SeoTools and Netpeak Checker: Two Useful Tools for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Analysis

Book, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Websites – Building and Maintaining

SeoTools and Netpeak Checker: Two Useful Tools for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Analysis

Posted on 16 April 2012

I am not an SEO expert and have no desire to ever be one, especially since the nature of SEO is that it changes constantly, with Google making regular changes and the SEO horde trying to keep up and find ways to beat Google at the ranking game. Having said that, being completely ignorant of [...] Continue Reading

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Travel Tips: Brazil Travel Guide

Featured, Tourism, Travel Tips

Travel Tips: Brazil Travel Guide

Posted on 09 April 2012

General Comments Like almost everyone I have met who has traveled to Brazil, I loved my experience here. It is a huge country, diverse in land, people, culture and even language. When I first started thinking of my South America plans I considered skipping Brazil precisely because it was so huge and because I wanted [...] Continue Reading

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Booking (and Paying for) Flights Online in Brazil

Personal, Travel Tips

Booking (and Paying for) Flights Online in Brazil

Posted on 21 March 2012

Brazil is a great country. Really. And, its economy seems to be thriving. There are even multiple low-cost airlines (Avianca, Azul, GOL, TAM, Webjet) that provide enough competition to make flying inside the country oftentimes as cheap an option as taking the bus. And, some of the associated websites are pretty good. There’s only one [...] Continue Reading

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Travel Video: Traditional Dance in Perú

Tourism, Video

Travel Video: Traditional Dance in Perú

Posted on 14 March 2012

The boleto turístico (tourist ticket) in Cuzco, Perú allows entrance to multiple ruins and also to the Cuzco Cultural Art Center where there is a nightly traditional dance performance. Here is some video I took from that performance. Continue Reading

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My Travel Costs in Central America: A Complete Budget Breakdown (with Spreadsheet)

Travel Tips

My Travel Costs in Central America: A Complete Budget Breakdown (with Spreadsheet)

Posted on 01 March 2012

Note: See the end of this post to see how you can get/use my expense tracking spreadsheet (free). Many people are interested in how much around-the-world (RTW) or other long-term travel costs, especially as a budget traveler or backpacker. Latin America, generally being a fairly inexpensive destination, is popular for long-term itineraries. So, I bring [...] Continue Reading

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