PHOTO GALLERY: La Mezquita – The Great Mosque of Cordoba – Spain

red & white double arches - La Mezquita - Great Mosque of Cordoba - Cordoba - Spain

PHOTO GALLERY: La Mezquita – The Great Mosque of Cordoba – Spain  I had the great fortune to spend 3 weeks at Spain’s Costa del Sol with my aunt and uncle, who lived there for several years. They graciously drove me all around southern Spain to marvel at many of Costa del Sol’s most famous …

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TRAVEL INTERVIEW: Dalene and Pete Heck of Hecktic Travels

TRAVEL INTERVIEW: Dalene and Pete Heck of Hecktic Travels Canadians Dalene and Pete Heck of Hecktic Travels gave up their careers, home and possessions back in 2008 to set out and travel the world. They prefer quite slow-paced travels, often taking on multiple-month-long volunteer or house-sitting stints and really immersing themselves in the places they …

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TRAVEL TIPS: Best Strategies to Exchange Money into Local Currencies

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I’ve been traveling more or less continuously since 1998. During these 14 years I’ve been regularly moving between different countries, each with their own currency. Each time I arrive in another country I need to get local cash as quickly as possible so I can function- to get transport from the airport or station, eat, …

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All About Lombok Indonesia

All About Lombok Indonesia Lombok island lies just east of it’s more famous and glamorous neighbor, Bali. Roughly the same size as Bali, Lombok is much quieter, laid-back and strikingly less developed than bustling Bali. I liken it to Bali’s ‘back-water’. Like most of Indonesia’s main islands, Lombok is a mountainous volcanic island full of …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Lash at Halloween Photos

PHOTO GALLERY: Lash at Halloween  Growing up in the USA, Halloween was always my favorite holiday. I just love getting dressed up, and Halloween allowed my imagination to run wild and come up with the most outrageous costumes. Such fun! Then of course, getting a sack full of tasty candy was exciting too. My sweets …

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How to Learn English Survey

Lash -teaching English - Osaka - Japan

How to Learn English Survey Recently I was contacted by Kaplan English schools about a very interesting survey they conducted on How to Learn English. In the survey, they asked hundreds of people their opinions on the best ways to learn English and whether any media like movies, TV, music, computer games or comics had …

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TRAVEL TIPS: Back-up Plans for Accessing Money when ATM Problems Strike

TRAVEL TIPS: Back-up Plans for Accessing Money with ATMs Problems How do you access money while you’re traveling overseas? Do you rely on ATM machines? Credit cards? Cash or travelers checks to exchange money into local currencies? Do you have a back-up plan?   ATM machines: I have to admit that I rely almost entirely …

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Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 3 – Mishaps and Misadventures Behind Scenes

Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 3 – Mishaps and Misadventures Behind Scenes In my last Thailand Survivor update, Crew Life, I left off in the thick of frenzy busyness. My immediate supervisor, Wendy, and I were running around doing the work of three people, since Wendy’s immediate boss had quit a few days …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Beautiful Lombok Island – Indonesia

Sunrise - Mt Rinjani - Gili Meno - Lombok - Indonesia

PHOTO GALLERY: Lombok Island – Indonesia Mountainous Lombok island lies just east of Bali. It’s a much more laid-back, quieter sister island. Lombok’s topography varies tremendously, including lush mountainous forests with plunging waterfalls, scenic coastlines of headlands interspersed with sweeping bays, empty beaches, flat rice fields and dry scrubby hills, all looked over by volcanic …

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TRAVEL INTERVIEW with Tony Eitnier of Contemporary Nomad

TRAVEL INTERVIEW with Tony Eitnier of Contemporary Nomad Tony and Thomas have been out traveling the world nomadically since 2007, when they packed up their lives in Germany and hit the road.  They first caught my attention with their beautiful site, ContemporaryNomad, that quickly became one of my favorite blog designs and collection of photo …

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