Room at Quality Inn, Oakland, CARoom at Quality Inn, Oakland, CA Quality Inn Oakland has a great “park and fly” deal. We were able to stay overnight before our flight out, and leave our car at the hotel for 14 days, all for $120 US .…

Bus schedule for Airport BusBus schedule for Airport Bus There are many ways to get from the Seoul Incheon International Airport, and more are even coming with a subway line being built that will connect the Airport all the way to downtown.…

After picking up some cash from the ATM in the airport (no problem) we dodged the unofficial taxi drivers offering us “great deals” and headed to the official stand. It cost us $60 USD for the taxi to Rodney Bay. …

In the morning, we had the hotel call a cab for us (big mistake – the price doubles – we almost couldn’t afford the fare with our remaining Dinars!). Upon arriving, the Departures Information Board told us our flight was cancelled.…

Ian and I spent 3 weeks in the South Pacific, visiting Tahiti, Easter Island, and the Cook Islands. We finished up in the Cook Islands. We backtracked once again to Papeete where we stayed with our by-now good friend at Chez Myrna, and then it’s only a short 2 hour flight from

  Chez Myrna Budget accommodations in Papeete are almost impossible to find.  We were lucky enough to reserve 3 nights at a pension which was highly recommended in the new Lonely Planet.  We paid $60 US per night – a steal in Papeete.  The room was good R

Our first stop was Club Med Bora Bora. It might seem like an unusual destination for us, given our usual choices of pensions and cheap backpacker hotels.  Well, believe it or not, Club Med is the "cheap" option on Bora Bora.  It is recommended by Lonely Planet as b

Fireworks over the Lake Palace for New Year'sHappy New Year!  We rang in the new year in style at Ambrai Restaurant.  They had a really nice outdoor buffet last night, right on the lake and overlooking the Lake Palace here in Udaipur.  There were a ton of fireworks

We spent 3 weeks in India during Christmas 2005. We are backpackers, and stayed at budget places and ate at cheaper restaurants. We got around using a train pass. Getting There Getting tickets to go to Delhi at Christmas time was a little challenging.…

The airport is well run and smooth. There is a fairly organized taxi coupon system in place that fixes the price, but also adds a surcharge. The cabbie tried to persuade us to ignore the system and surcharge and it would be cheaper but we stuck with the fixed price we had been quoted.