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Folks, I swear after this posts, I'll return to a travel blog again but Frank just stopped by, and you'd be surprised by what he had to say...
I was sitting here seriously typing a response to Erin in my post "Is giving a homeless man a bed, like giving a hungry man a fish?" It's a story of Frank, how we tried to help him, how he tried to use us, and how it came to a stomping end (literally).
I was pretty upset about the situation and was typing up a semi-cynical response and I heard his...
Read moreIt's very rare that I have anything of my personal life on here but at the moment there's nothing else on my mind. This is the story of a homeless man that stayed at our house and the abrupt ending of our relationship tonight. Like an hour ago.
I promise I'll try to make this story as short as I can.
A few weeks ago Caroline and I met a homeless man, Frank, while walking. Living around the corner we offered to fix him a meal. To summarize the night we decided to give him a chance and let him sleep in our spare...
Read moreMy time in Cambodia has impacted me more than any place I have been to (yet). A friend made a comment about Cambodia reminding them of Thailand 40 years ago. Although I wasn’t in Thailand 40 years (or alive), it’s a believable statement since the current contrast is so stark. Perhaps this is what I love about Cambodia. Though tourism is indeed growing, the tourist boom hasn’t been so big (yet) that the people see westerners as customers/dollar signs/jerks or whatever.
Seeing Angkor Wat was a dream come true....
Read moreIf you want to get free flights, get bumped. Getting bumped isn’t a guarantee but there is a science. Airlines often over-sell their flights assuming a small percentage of their customers back-out for whatever reason. When everyone shows up they ask people to take the next flight, usually in exchange for a voucher. With United for example, this voucher is $400 towards another United flight.
Even if you’ve never noticed these announcements before, I bet you will from now on. But you can actually increase your odds by volunteering before the announcement. At the baggage check in ask to be...
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