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Scams and Touts

To Serve And Protect?

Normally, I feel a bit safer when I see police officers on the beat. In NYC, there are uniformed and undercover officers …

A Tale of Two Passports

This past Tuesday I picked up my new passport from the US Embassy in Guatemala City, which is not a city I …

My Australian Broadband Saga

When I told my mate Ariel back home that it took me 23 days to get my broadband connected her response was …

Overland from Koh Tao to Phuket

The ferry portion of the journey went smoothly. We paid 820THB at Lotus Travel for the entire journey. Songserm was the ferry …

The Red Cross Scam

A really common scam in Vietnam is someone coming up to you saying that they are a student or a teacher and …

Dear India

Dear India, I’m writing this letter to let you know that you’re beautiful. And mesmerizing. And enchanting and inviting and exotic and …