Tag: travel tips
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Travel tips: Queenstown, New Zealand
I’ve just returned from a 12-day trip to New Zealand. I spent 4 days each in Auckland, Rotorua, and Queenstown. To be perfectly honest, the only place I knew about in New Zealand is Matamata, because that’s where Hobbiton is. Queenstown was very much under my radar, because it’s labeled as a hub for high…
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Phuket travel tips
I have traveled to Thailand several times since I first started backpacking in 2006, but haven’t made it to Phuket until last June. Here’s what I learned in our five-day stay there. Direct flights vs. Transiting in Bangkok Cebu Pacific flies direct to Phuket from Manila, but operates only twice or thrice a week. It’s…
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Are you ready for your trip?
This is an advertorial Plane tickets purchased, hotel rooms booked. Guides are contacted, meet ups with friends and locals are scheduled. You feel you’re ready for your great adventure, but are you sure? Be sure to pack the essentials! If you have been traveling often, you probably already have a check list of things that…