Backpacking the Yasawa Islands in Fiji is a unique experience. It’s not like any backpacking I’ve ever done. I’m not even sure backpacking, with its notions of independent, find your own way travel, is even the right word. Yasawa Island travel is more like an inexpensive organized hop on, hop off tour. Everything is taken [...]
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Learning How to Scuba Dive
Learning to dive is something I’ve always found excuses to not learn how to do. Something always comes up. I don’t have the money, I don’t have anyone to go with, I am too busy, I’ll learn when I get to Thailand, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.
Traveling Fiji with Gary from Everything-Everywhere, [...]
Trapped in Paradise
Whenever I hear the word “Fiji,” I think of those postcards you see in airports – white sand beaches, palm trees, a little boat, and the bluest, clearest water in the world. It’s my idea of heaven.
With Gary from Everything-Everywhere heading to Fiji, I thought there was no better time to cross off one of [...]
Ko Phi Phi
This is my third time on the island and as I was there I was reminded how much I dislike it. I hate Ko Phi Phi. It’s one of the most overrated islands in all of Thailand. I spent the last four days there with some friends of mine from Bangkok. Originally, we were going [...]
Seven Reasons to Visit Thailand Now!
The political trouble in Thailand has brought Thailand into the news a lot. Because of the trouble, tourists are fleeing the country and not coming back, despite all the great reasons to visit Thailand. Tourist bookings are way down, with some hotels reporting an occupancy rate of as low as 20%. December is normally [...]
Top Ten Best Tropical Islands
I’m a beach lover. The sun and I get along quite well, and there’s nothing I’d rather do than live on a tropical island. One of the main purposes of my travels is to avoid winter. I’ve been to islands all over the world, though there are still some paradises this nomad has yet to [...]
The Weekly Photo: Beachcomber Island