Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 4 Critical Mass Week and The Great Tent Catastrophe In my last installment, Mishaps and Misadventures Behind Scenes, I detailed many of the unforeseen issues that we faced while setting up an entire tent city to house the film production crew during filming of Thailand Survivor. However, the […]
PHOTO GALLERY: La Mezquita – The Great Mosque of 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 […]
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 […]
TRAVEL TIPS: Best Strategies to Exchange Money into Local Currencies
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Learn English Survey
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Beautiful Lombok Island – 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 […]