Well, this budget guide is a bit weird. Normally, I’m chilling in a country where the beers cost less than a dollar and the water will give you a brain hemorrhage, so it seems a little unneccessary to write a backpacking guide when there’s a 7/11 on every corner. Half the backpackers that read these … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to Thailand
Thailand is a magical country. The kind of place where you’ll one day fulfill a lifelong dream of being cuddled by a newborn elephant, and the next watch a prostitute let fly a live dove from her pussy – in the most majestic way possible, of course. I went the month after graduating college with my … [Read more...]
Out in the World: Spooky and Kooky November 2013
I'm back, and I've got an event calendar out early enough to use! Say it ain't so! Plenty of time to write as I'm currently killin' it in Los Angeles with the Original Friends before kicking off to Australia on November 5th. So if you're around Melbourne and want to grab a beer, let me know. Of … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to Vietnam
I lived in Vietnam for three months and spent roughly $500 there. God damn, I love Vietnam. It may be the cheapest country on Earth. I’m of course discounting the countries with the kind of currency that devalues itself by the time the cashier hands you your change, but those will get their own … [Read more...]
The Backpacker’s Budget Guide to Cambodia
I went into my Cambodia trip with a pretty bad spending habit. It was a backlash against the frugality of the Philippines, where I treated life not as a travel experience but as a precursor to one. I was saving my money for the real adventure ahead, so for the past two months, I had lived on a bagel … [Read more...]