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I guess I am on the Air Asia email marketing list, because I just got an email from them telling me that I could get a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok, Thailand to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for $10 round-trip including taxes. That is unbelievable. http://www.airasia.com/site/en/promotion.jsp?id=94a3dc8a-ac1e00ae-645fd000-867a7f20 Europe offers the same types of fares through Easyjet and Ryanair….
South African Great White Shark Diving – Video
Last summer after graduating from school, I spent a month traveling around South Africa by rental car. What a fantastic country. One of the places that I visited was Gaansbai which is about 90 minutes north of Capetown. Gaansbai, South Africa known around the world as the capital for great white shark diving. So…. given…
Thai budget airline crashes on the island of Phuket
I just read this story in the news about a Thai budget airline called One-Two-Go which crashed on its way to Phuket, a Thai resort island. Having traveled all over Southeast Asia on budget airlines like this, I definitely had some scary experiences but this is just horrible. 88 people died in the crash. Sad…
People like picking on Philly ….
I can’t tell you the number of people that have sent me the latest article from Travel and Leisure which states that Philadelphia has the ugliest people in the US. Clearly it isn’t true based off the picture that they used in the article…. I mean, first the Phillies, then the Eagles, and now this. …
Quiz: How big is Kazakhstan?
Someone told me today where Kazakhstan (Borat’s country) ranks in the world in terms of size and I was surprised. So I decided to pose the question to you as well: What rank is Kazakhstan in the world in terms of size (sq. kms)? a) 1 – 5 b) 5 – 10 c) 11 – 15 d) 16 – 25…
Headed to Costa Rica on Saturday!
It was a last minute decision but I decided to take a week long vacation next week and go to Costa Rica. I leave on Saturday and am going to spend 8 days of rest and relaxation with a lot of surfing, some golf, and other things that you do on vacation in Costa… Playa…