Category: Travel
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How to Get From Corfu to Albania (Or Albania to Corfu!)
Finding a way to get from Corfu to Albania is easy. Here’s how to travel via ferry from Corfu to Albania (or Albania to Corfu) from the Saranda and Corfu ports.
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Why You Need to Visit Albania Before It’s Too Late
“Albania! Albania! You border on the Adriatic! Your land is mostly mountainous, and your chief export is chrome.” If you’re above a certain age, you started singing along. If not, you’ve probably exited this post already in confusion. The song comes from an episode of “Cheers!” where Coach teaches Sam how to remember anything using…
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Can You Bring Portable Chargers on a Plane? [What to Know about TSA and FAA Regulations]
Your phone is dead, and you’re getting on the airline. That’s where a power bank comes in. But can you bring portable chargers on a plane? Get your answer here. You pick up your portable charger and think, “Can I bring this on the plane?” It’s a valid question. After all, the Transportation Security Administration…
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Palcoyo Mountain: A Hidden Gem Near Cusco to See Now
A man stood with a llama. Or maybe an alpaca. I’m still struggling to differentiate the two. He wore a multicolored poncho. Rainbow-colored lines — likely made from llama fur — ran horizontally across his midsection and vertically across his arms. A pink cap, also lined with various shapes and patterns, sat on his head.…
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Arequipa in Peru: How to Travel in The White City
I stepped out of the airport after landing in Arequipa in Peru. I breathed in; the cool air filled my nostrils like standing in front of an air conditioner. The air was thin and noticeably so. With each breath, my lungs only filled to about 80%. I gasped like Spongebob in Sandy’s Dome.
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Laguna de Salinas: A Peru Salt Desert You Need to See Now
The van careened around the sharp turn on the bumpy dirt road, the wheels tracing the edge like a five-year-old trying to stay in the lines. I glanced out the window to my left and quickly looked forward again. If you used this ride as the sole example, you’d have no idea that buses of…
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How to Get a Discount on Airbnb: 10 Tips to Save You Money
As time goes by, it gets more and more difficult to find a discount on Airbnb. Discount codes and referral coupons have gone out the window, and it makes you wonder what’s next? But, there are still ways you can snag discounts — small and large — you just have to know how to look.
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A Weekend on Holbox
It was mid-afternoon (I think), and I was on Michelada number four (I think). But, keeping track of those things isn’t essential on Holbox (hole-bosh). No, on Holbox, the only things that matter are the ebb and flow of the tides and which spot you’ll vegetate in today. Oh, and when your next Michelada will…
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Observations From a Train in Vietnam
Is that a foot? I think to myself. I’m not a trained podiatrist or anything, but it did look like a foot. It poked out from underneath the bench opposite me. Long toenails threatened to cut a nearby backpack open if they came in contact with it. I nudged my girlfriend, Kaitlyn, and my friend…
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How to Visit the Dzibilchaltun Mayan Ruins [An Alternative to Chichen Itza and Uxmal]
My girlfriend and I lived in Merida for about a month when a friend recommended visiting the Dzibilchaltún (zib-bee-chal-toon) ruins — the closest Mayan ruins to the city. “It has a cenote you can swim in, so, even if you don’t like the ruins, that’s still fun,” he told us. He was born and raised…
