Budget Travel

Into the day-to-day

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Check this out. I’m living in an apartment with roommates, working 9 to 5 and spending many evenings watching pirated TV shows. I guess this is everyday living, only somewhere different.
All summer I have been in “travel mode.” I may have been on a budget, but being in “travel mode” still means “vacation mode” which [...]

How to be on a budget in Caye Caulker

Friday, August 28th, 2009

By my standards (certainly not everyone’s) I spent a ridiculous amount of money in Belize. A basic place to sleep, simple meals (many cooked in the hotel) and maybe one beer set me back about 30-35 dollars a day. Part of the problem is that everything (even stuff in supermarkets) has to be shipped to [...]

To “party” or not?

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

This is the dilemma I face when traveling, and, to be honest, in life in general.
On one hand, I’m not nearly the partier I used to be. Often, I prefer to read, write or spend time with friends at home, or watch a movie and/or guilty-pleasure television. Many times when I grab a beer, [...]

Don’t Worry Until the Locals Start to Scream: adventures on Guatemalan “chicken buses.”

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Chicken buses, or “camionetas” as they are known to locals, are pimped-up second hand school buses that serve as the most common form of public transportation in Guatemala. They zip along the roads of Guatemala, leaving a trail of black exaust and the sounds of “Xela Xela Xela” or “Guate Guate Guate” in their wake. [...]

Budget Travel Woes

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

or
“I Hemorrhage Money”
or
“Now Taking Bets on When I Will Be Broke.”
I am not nearly the “budget traveler” that I’d like to think I am.
This isn’t to say that I mind roughing it. I am, as my father would say, “a mudder.” I sleep in the $4 dorms, I enjoy cheap street food [...]