Unrest in Thailand

In case you hadn’t heard, more civil unrest has popped up in Thailand at the main airport. I find this very disturbing, first because Thailand is one of my favorite places, and second because I have lots of friends living there or in route there for the holidays. So far there have been a few [...]

Thanksgiving at home

It seems surreal, but I am getting ready to celebrate my first Thanksgiving at home in several years. For all my international friends, Thanksgiving is the American holiday where you give thanks and remember the pilgrims that first came to America and struggled to start a new life. We do this by eating ourselves into [...]

Finding cheap airfare – tricks

Ask 20 people on your plane what they paid for their ticket and you will probably get that many different answers. Unfortunately, booking a bargain flight has become an evil puzzle which I am constantly trying to figure out. I did come across one cool new tool that helps when you are fairly flexible with [...]

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