…when I don’t have them. Scissors I use on almost a daily basis for cutting open bags, opening merchandise, cutting paper and so on. I use my knife mostly for pealing skin off fruits in countries where tap water is risky to drink. I also use it to open bottles and bags, pry things open and what not. 5. Elastic work-out rope I’ve always been a fitness buff and outdoor enthusiast. I’ve dabbled with weight-training off and on since my early 20s. Befor…
…e lucky, you’ll come across evening rehearsals at Sanur’s local ‘banjars’: community open-aired meeting halls. You’re quite welcome to watch the rehearsals, and usually some members will motion you in with smiles and invite you to sit down. I love the lively Balinese gamelan, so I’m always delighted to stumble upon a rehearsal. Of course these rehearsals aren’t done for nothing. Gamelan is played at various Hindu ceremonies, both at temples and…
…k of time and energy. Instead, you can simply stay at your home or office, open your computer, access the internet, open your favorite shopping websites, click through the merchandise until you find what you want, pay by clicking through the website’s ‘check out’ system via your credit card, bank account or online bank account. This whole procedure can take as little as a few minutes… or up to several hours, if you really enjoy shopping and/or hav…
…me I finally left Antalya to explore the coast in early June, prices for accommodation along the entire coast had begun rising drastically. In fact, they’d become so expensive that the only places I could afford were campgrounds! Lol. Luckily, I love camping. So I promptly bought myself a nice little tent and set out to explore. The first place I visited was a small adorable historic coastal town called Kas. Kas has a spectacular setting on a beau…
…ions for hot air ballooning. During high season in spring and summer, it’s common to have 150-200 balloons soaring through the sky every morning! With the average basket holding 20-25 passengers, that’s a few thousand passengers per day! In lower seasons, there could easily be 40-50 balloons on flying days. However, in winter months strong winds can make flying too dangerous many days. Balloons may fly only 1-3 times per week then. Cappadocia is a…
…l very calm, friendly and non-pushy. They were just genuinely friendly, welcoming and down to Earth. I settled into a wonderful, big airy 2-story house that had been converted into a hostel. It had a huge front lawn, plenty of open sitting areas, a huge kitchen and several dorm & private rooms. Since I was visiting way off season in June, I got a whole dorm room to myself for an entire week! In fact, there were only a handful of guests, along with…
…on most buses. Nor in most restaurants, shops or cafes, which are usually open-aired. Even luxury resorts in Costa Rica tend to have open-air lobbies and facilities, reserving air-conditioning for guest rooms, for visitors who care to turn it on. In fact now that I’ve traveled extensively through every country in Central America, I can confirm that I haven’t come across this much air-conditioning anywhere in Central America! The last place I reme…
…ve outhouses instead of modern, plumbed toilets. Domesticated animals roam freely, often wandering the roads. You’ll come across roaming horses, cows, pigs, chickens and dogs, all of which you’ll have to navigate if driving or cycling. free-roaming horses at Ometepe Ometepe’s living conditions are so primitive that it reminds me of the most primitive, remote places I’ve ever visited in 20 years of travel! It puts me in mind of Little Andaman Islan…
…le panoramic views over the whole lake. There’s a collection of ramshackle open-air restaurants where visitors can enjoy a snack, drinks or meal while shaded from the hot sun midday and marveling at the gorgeous lake. Down at the bottom of the road beside the lake, a poorly paved road runs around most of the lake edge in both directions. wealthy home & property at Lake Coatepeque Quite unfortunately, most of the lake shore is now lined by private…
…ween Winton & Cloncurry – photo by Geoffrey Rhodes on Flckr CC My European companions were completely dumbfounded at the vast open spaces, distances between towns, huge sky and star-speckled night skies. I was not nearly as amazed as them, having seen it all before (aside from kangaroos and some of the specific topographies) countless times since childhood, growing up in the USA. I’d spent my childhood exploring the eastern half of the US with my…
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. Iām passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
