Spain is one of those places that everybody hates for their first three hours. You're new in town, jetlagged to hell and back, and all you want to do is find someplace to eat. But it's 4 PM. Every god damn restaurant in the city is closed down for siesta and the guy who's supposed to check you in is … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to Morocco
I hadn't really planned on going to Morocco. But I couldn't stay in Europe the entire summer on my basic visa, and I wanted to cross Africa off my list anyway, so after Barcelona I booked a 36-hour-long ferry to Tangier - which in itself is a whole 'nother ordeal that you should never put yourself … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to the United Kingdom
The term Ugly American has been around for a while to describe shitty tourists, but that's really not a fair moniker. Americans aren't the worst of the lot - not by a longshot. That honor goes to the United Kingdom, and has for the better half of a millenium. If those #ladsontour aren't puking on a … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to America
You know how many people will openly admit they don't like Americans? More than a few. We're loud. We're boisterous. Our food has roughly the same caloric content as beluga whale milk and our health care system is patently designed to offend as many people as possible. Everybody can find something … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to Coachella
I normally reserve my budget guides for foreign countries. Places on Earth so different that you simply have no concept of how much baht or dinero or moolah you’re going to be spending until you get there. But I’m gonna make an exception here, because Coachella might as well be a whole new fuckin’ … [Read more...]