The Art of Packing for Travel
It’s not always easy packing for a trip, especially if it’s a long one. Here are some of the essentials I pack to ensure I have what I need.
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reviews
Private Resort in Mui Ne, Vietnam
Enjoying being the only guest at a resort hotel during my stay in the beach town of Mui Ne, Vietnam.
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Traveler in Your Life
A holiday gift guide to provide you with ideas while you shop for the traveler on your list.
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Traveler Review & Giveaway: GPSMyCity App
I don’t like carrying travel guides while traveling. Now there’s the GPSMyCity app to replace the guidebook (or at least a portion of it).
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Traveler Reads: Apologies Forthcoming
Shiao Su leaned his forehead against the closed door and shut his eyes. ย The vibration of the Zheng strings passed through the door to his body. ย He lost the courage to knock on the door. -Snow Line, Apologies Forthcoming The following review is revised from one written years ago. As this marks the 50th anniversary
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Traveler Reads: The Body by Hanif Kureishi
“I’d been alive a long time but my life, like most lives, seemed to have happened too quickly, when I was not ready.” I was introduced to the work of Hanif Kureishi when I studied in London — a course on colonial literature included his first novel, Buddha of Suburbia, which I found thoroughly entertaining.
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Travel Necessity: Making Coffee on the Road
The most important necessity for me to have while traveling is coffee. I couldn’t live without my travel coffeemaker.
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Airbnb and Long-term Travel
It’s easy to travel with Airbnb accommodation, as I have for 10 out of 14 months in East Asia and Italy. It has mostly been a positive experience.
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Drinking in Korea
Drinking in Korea is more than just boring beer that The Economist complained about a few years ago. There’s craft beer, soju, and makgeolli to enjoy.
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A Few Good Beers in Taiwan
Despite a lack of variety, I sampled the beers in Taiwan, or at least in Taipei. There is very little available, but I found a few decent beers.
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Visiting Tokyo’s Ramen Museum
Japan loves ramen so much that there’s an entire museum dedicated to it — the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum. I love ramen so much that I visited the museum.
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Columbia Hiking Shoes Wearing Thin
Reviewing the Columbia Techlite hiking shoes that I’ve had for a couple years–the durability and comfort will be missed when they wear out.
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Traveler Reads: Invisible Cities
A review of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities from a travel perspective.
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Pilsner Haus Rules in Hoboken
A Friday night dinner of Austro-Hungarian food and beer at the Hoboken Pilsner Haus.
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Traveler Reads: River Town by Peter Hessler
A traveler and former China expat’s review of River Town, the first book on China by The New Yorker correspondent Peter Hessler.
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