International Payments are Stuck in the Stone Age International payments in the year 2019 do not work well. It costs an inordinate amount of money to just use your money. If you need to exchange currencies as a tourist you pay a massive fee, in the airport or other tourist exchanges the spread is massive over … Continue reading International Payments are Stuck in the Stone Age
What I Learned About Denmark While I was in Peru “Not only are students charged no tuition fees, but all Danish citizens (and many others meeting certain criteria) are offered monthly financial aid, known as “SU” (Statens Uddannelsesstøtte, meaning State Educational Support), amounting for each student to about DKK 950 monthly if the student lives with … Continue reading What I Learned About Denmark While I was in Peru
Some Notes from Peru I really enjoyed traveling through Peru. Here were a few places and notes from my travels there. Cusco I started in Cusco since I wanted to go to Macchu Picchu. So I flew to Cusco through Lima — since the Cusco airport is quite small. I stayed in Cusco a couple of nights to … Continue reading Some Notes from Peru
Everything You Think is Normal Could Be Different I think this is one of the most powerful ideas about travel. Everything you are used to in your daily life that you think is normal could be different. It’s hard to remember that. It’s usually invisible since these are the fundamental assumptions you didn’t know you … Continue reading Everything You Think is Normal Could Be Different
Helpful Travel Apps As I’m traveling, here are a few helpful travel apps I’ve found. Google Maps. Just an amazing app all around. I especially like being able to create lists by country or area and add and save places to it. MAPS.ME. Helpful offline apps if you can’t get internet access. Google Trips. Helpful to group … Continue reading Helpful Travel Apps
Educated — Review I recently completed the book Educated. What a powerful book. It chronicles the story of Tara, who grows up in Idaho in an extreme family situation: they hate the government, are preparing for the end of the world, are extreme Mormons, don’t believe in doctors, and harbor all sorts of other conspiracy theories. She goes … Continue reading Educated — Review
Some Notes from Colombia Here are a few notes from traveling a bit in Colombia. I went to Cartagena, Bogota and Medellin. Cartagena Very touristy but fun to walk through the old city Checked out Playa Blanca, one of the beaches on a nearby island — was a really nice beach but also very touristy. There are also … Continue reading Some Notes from Colombia
How Does the Panama Canal Work? Video of the Panama Canal in action Video The whole time I was at the Panama Canal watching a ship go through with an announcer in the background, I was trying to figure out how it worked. Some of it made sense to me — by adding or removing water from a … Continue reading How Does the Panama Canal Work?
Some Notes from Panama I didn’t pack as much in to my stop in Panama — but I enjoyed it overall. I went to Panama City. I was surprised right when I reached the airport how modern it seemed. Really nicer than most US airports. A few notes from the trip: I stayed in Casco Viejo — the old city … Continue reading Some Notes from Panama
Thoughts on US and Cuba Relations and Trade Embargo I recently traveled to Cuba. While I was there, I asked a number of Cubans what they thought about the government. It was hard to get too many answers, seems some were fine with it, and some didn’t like it. I was in a taxi and we … Continue reading Thoughts on US and Cuba Relations and Trade Embargo
