Postcards from a Cubicle Dweller

My good friend Bob Z just launched what is probably the wittiest new blog I’ve read in a long time: Postcards from a Cubicle Dweller. Bob’s “postcards” are what you’d expect the result to be if you distilled “The Office” through flash fiction.
My favorite thus far, from his post “The echo effect”:
The beauty [...]

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October Ed Lessons, or How to Stay Out of Vietnamese Prisons

The October issue of AsiaLIFE is almost put to bed. But like a colicky child, it turns out that magazine work is most volatile right before bedtime. The good news is I’ll go forward next month much more capable of managing multiple deadlines. What else have we learned this month?
First off, staying out of jail [...]

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An American Spendthrift in London

I was sad to hear that my friend Alex Robertson Textor’s time in London has ended. However, every cloud has its silver lining. Alex has compiled some great dispatches during his time in London over at Spendthrift Shoestring. From guest house suggestions to unheard-of walking tours, Alex’s tips should help you do what Alex does [...]

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News Bites: Vietnam Tourism Forecast Is Sunny

This week, Breaking Travel News reported on the growth of tourism in emerging markets, citing a 6-8% increase over the past ten years — a twofold upturn over tourist powerhouses like Europe.
China is fueling much of this tourism boom — Chinese tourists spent $30 billion abroad last year. And where are they going? Vietnam.
An article [...]

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New European Hostel Booking Website

I’m very happy to report on the official relaunch of EuropeanHostels.com. EuropeanHostels has existed for some time as a hostel directory — since before Over There Interactive founder Tom Meyers devised the company’s flagship website eurocheapo.com — but the new EuropeanHostels features a totally rehauled search engine powered by a “top secret algorithm”, a free [...]

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Published Writing, Online Articles, Top Blogs

I recently added some outside content I’ve published or produced online to this blog’s sidebar in case anyone is experiencing South East Asia fatigue. I think my own was brought on by watching bootlegged movies featuring NYC backdrops.
You can find some of my published writing over at eurocheapo.com. Specifically, I wrote many of the New [...]

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Lazy Schlub Assigned to Weather Channel’s SEA Desk

The rainy season in Vietnam has rolled in right on schedule; we’ve been hit with a series of sodden days. I have yet to witness the more predictable cycle in which it supposedly rains at a predictable time every day.
So when I checked weatherchannel.com to see if Sarah and I would be able to [...]

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Checking in on Cheapos

Now that my CELTA course is over, I’ve been catching up on the finer things in life: unread 14-page reports in Economist back issues, movies at Bobby Brewers, and the musings of former eurocheapo coworkers.
Hot on the heels of last year’s CheapoSearch launch, the brothers Meyers over at eurocheapo have released CheapoSearch Flights, a new [...]

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A Spendthrift You Can Count On

It would be difficult to find a travel writer with so comprehensive an understanding of European budget airlines, better experience penetrating local Caribbean culture, and more evolved opinions on Europop than Alex Robertson Textor.
For these, and many more reasons, any budget traveler looking for cheap flights in Europe or an affordable Caribbean getaway should bookmark [...]

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Things I miss about NYC: FREENYC.NET

When you’re looking for a cheap night after a crap day at work in New York, there’s nothing worse than cracking open a free stuff guide and finding listings like Central Park and Times Square. Lucky for New Yorkers, there’s freenyc.net.
Despite discovering this gem just months before leaving Gotham, I had time to swing by [...]

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