tips – Page 2 – Secret Streets

ATM fees in Bangkok

Almost all ATM’s in Thailand levy a Thai Baht 150 fee per withdrawal (about US$5). This can really add up if you like to keep cash in your pocket to a minimum and make regular withdrawals. Fortunately one company – Aeon – offers fee-free withdrawals. This Japanese credit card company does not have traditional branches […]

Nats, Caves, and Giant Spiders

There is some kind of serendipity that visits on occasions when I travel – and usually more often than not when I’m in company with my travel companion, Karyna. This time, none of the six internal airlines in Myanmar had any places to fly from Bagan to Inle Lake. Much research revealed the possibility of […]

Weaving, water, and wineries

Inle Lake in the early dawn is magical. A gentle mist rises, the sky goes from indigo to mauve to blue, and as a backdrop there lie the mountains that cover so much of Shan State. In the far distance is China. And occasionally into view comes a fisherman setting up for the day. No […]

Biking Bagan

I’m not much inclined to get up before dawn. The more so when it’s New Years Day and I’m engaged in trying to navigate unlit streets on an ancient bike with no gears. My body is telling me it wants to be asleep, and my brain is just about registering all the signs of a […]

Hanoi

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Nepal

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Dubai ~ Abu Dhabi

Ibn Batuta shopping mall Exotic car showroom which doubles as the Dubai agent for Nepal Airways The fountains at Dubai Mall – by the same guys who did Bellagio in Vegas View from Dubai Mall Date palm grove near the Omani border Dunes for buggying on Ski Dubai; slope and bobsled run in […]

Tunisia

Residence L’Oued, Tozeur Lunch for 5.5TD, or about $3.50 Tozeur and the 10square km palm grove fed by desert springs Dates ready to fall! Chott el Djerid, the largest salt pan of the Sahara with a surface area of over 7,000 km2 [otw_is sidebar=otw-sidebar-2]

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