The Around the World Travel Guide will help you get the most out of your around the world ticket with tips for planning your trip, developing a financial plan that goes beyond a mere travel budget, choosing your destinations and itinerary, and supporting ecotourism and sustainable tourism that will enrich you and the people you …Read full article
Food & Travel Adventure Articles
This section of the Recipe for Travel is devoted to the complete ‘World Adventures of a Culinary Xenophile’. Read on and hop on and off each leg of the two-year round-the-world trip with these Food & Travel Adventure Articles.
These articles follow the adventures of the culinary xenophile on each leg of her two-year round-the-world trip, which began as a short vacation. If you’ve arrived here from somewhere else, be sure to read the Adventures to get the full flavour of how it all started. If you’re looking for practical “how-to” travel planning tips …Read full article
Food in Thailand is a feast for all of the senses Like other Southeast Asian countries, food stalls are everywhere in the streets, markets and festivals of Thailand, providing an endless smorgasbord of aromas, color, sounds and flavors – food in Thailand is a feast for all of the senses. Picture a barbecue hotdog stand …Read full article
Nov 082010
Popular Thai dishes you’ll find while travelling in Thailand, and in restaurants around the world Many popular Thai dishes can now be found in restaurants around the world. Below is a small sample menu of those, and a few of the favourites I discovered while travelling in Thailand. If these Thai dishes are new to …Read full article
When I strayed from the frugality required to carry me around the world over two years, it was often for an extra special meal after a long journey. In Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, I found almost all of the food to be extra special and more than affordable in restaurants and street markets. Although I …Read full article
In Malaysia, I was lucky enough to be invited by a friend’s family to spend some time in their home, where my curiosity and love of food were sated well beyond the basic tenets of hospitality. Besides showing me the sites of Penang and Kuala Lumpur, they welcomed me to their table, their market shopping …Read full article
Oct 302010
Australia held me to the very last day of my six-month visa, and I still had not had enough. So, after three months in New Zealand, rather than get on the flight from Auckland in a homeward direction, I returned to travel Australia for another ten weeks, stretching out every last penny and flight deadline. …Read full article
The official tourism offices of the countries you want to visit are a good place to start your online research once you begin thinking about your destinations. Depending on technological capacity and the prominence of tourism as a major industry, some government sites will be more informative and easier to navigate than others, but generally, …Read full article
Oct 302010
Country profiles with factual information about government structure, income levels, literacy rates, predominant religions, languages and ethnic groups and major industries will give you a broader base from which to explore and dig deeper for a richer cultural experience for yourself and the people you meet in your travels. The World Factbook is referenced by …Read full article
Australian cuisine, like Canada’s, has evolved over time, with the influences of the early British settlers in the late 1700′s and more recently immigration from Europe and Asia, especially in the major cities. With distinctive regions that run the gamut from tropical to sub-tropical to vast desert ranges, with a temperate climate in the majority …Read full article
