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Interested in long-distance hiking or thru-hiking? Here’s a useful collection of online resources to help you prepare. Most were originally in my collection of Appalachian Trail thru-hiking resources but since I have now added a Pacific Crest Trail resources page as well, I decided to separate out the resources that are useful to long-distance hiking, regardless of the trail.

NOTE: All links will … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Hiking

You are probably using some WordPress plugins already, but perhaps you are missing out on some others that can improve your site and blogging skills considerably. That’s understandable since there are so many thousands to choose from and since there are some great plugins that do things you didn’t even know you might want to or be able to do. Here is a list of … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Technology, Tips for Digital Nomads, WordPress Tips

I recently finished three weeks traveling in Myanmar and I thought it might be helpful to offer some helpful hints and observations, detail my itinerary and provide a detailed breakdown of my expenditures.

Subjects: Featured, Travel Guides

You don’t want visitors to your site to become frustrated because it takes too long to load. You also want to please Google and the other search engines; having a fast, responsive, and optimized WordPress site can help in that regard. There are many tools that can help and I will discuss many of them. Special emphasis will be given to Google’s PageSpeed Insights (PSI). … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, WordPress Tips

Whether you are developing a new WordPress site or planning to make any kind of significant change to an existing one, having a development version on your laptop can be immensely helpful, especially for safely testing new plugins, modifying your theme, and testing new updates to make sure they don’t break your site. Having this local setup also lets you work on your site even … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, WordPress Tips

Here is an extensive collection of free Thai language learning resources, including vocabulary, grammar, audio/video, reading/writing, and more.

Subjects: Featured, Language Learning

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Travel Adapters, Converters and USB Chargers
Some countries have different electrical outlet standards than your home country, both in the type of plug used and the amount of AC voltage and frequency. Most operate either at 110V or 220V (plus or minus) and have one standard plug, but occasionally this can vary inside the country as well. Wikipedia has a page detailing the values and … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Product Reviews, Technology, Tips for Digital Nomads, Tips for Traveling Better

General Thoughts about Brazil
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 to concentrate on improving my Spanish, but as I … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides

I am one of the fairly small number of travelers who has been fortunate enough take a tour to Antarctica. Unlike for others, it hasn’t been a specific goal of mine for a very long time. Rather, as I started contemplating my lengthy travels in Central and South America, I started hearing about Ushuaia, the “end of the world.” Then I started to hear … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Photos, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides, Video

Due to the fact that I spent more than four months in Buenos Aires and that it is in many ways a place unique and separate from Argentina as a whole, this guide will cover the parts of Argentina I visited outside of Buenos Aires (though be sure to check out my Buenos Aires travel tips as well). Basically, my route was from Bolivia to … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides

Here I will share some of the useful resources and, hopefully, insights I have into the popular South American city of Buenos Aires.

Subjects: Featured, Photos, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides

Introduction
Electronic book readers (eBook readers, e-book readers, e-readers, eReaders)[1] haven’t been around that long but are quickly gathering market momentum[2] and are quite naturally a great fit for the extended traveler. Spend a bit of time searching the Web for reviews and you will rarely come across a less-than-glowing opinion, and most of the negative writing you will encounter comes from … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Entertainment on the Road, Featured, Product Reviews, Technology, Tips for Traveling Better

Bolivia seems to be one of those countries that some people seem to really love while others think it is vastly overrated. Without a doubt, there is a lot of natural beauty on display in this country, with access to 6,000 meter mountains and the Amazon within hours of the impressive capital of La Paz. The Potosí mines are both impressive and deeply sad and … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Featured, Photos, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides

General Thoughts on Perú

• Perú is a paradise for those, like myself, who are interested in archaeological sites. Of course, it’s most famous for Machu Picchu, but there are SO many more archaeological sites to visit besides MP and I encourage you to do so.
• Use iPerú, found in many tourist locations. It is a great source of unbiased information, including bus routes and schedules,

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Subjects: Featured, Photos, Tourism (Places), Travel Guides