Blog Profile / foXnoMad
| URL : | http://www.foxnomad.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle / Travel | |
| Posts on Regator: | 417 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2.6 | |
| Archived Since: | May 7, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Quiet Days Before Late Nights, Lit By Shanghai’s Bright Lights
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How To Get Wireless Passwords At Airports When They Don’t Have Free Wifi
Arriving at an airport without free wireless – or the even more frustrating free-if-you’ve-got-a-local-number and email access (no I don’t, I’m traveling dammit!) – makes it seem like you’re flying around the world in 1999. First, avoid the initial shock of being subjected to a layover without wifi by checking whether or not your connecting [...]
Is It Safe To Travel To Yemen?
There is no simple or clear answer to whether or not Yemen is safe for travelers. A blanket yes or no for the entire country is inadequate without first understanding the risks in its various regions spread across the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen Is A Huge Place Over 527,000 square kilometers, including the Socotra archipelago, Yemen [...]
Why Religious Tolerance The Malay Way (Surprisingly) Works
Increasingly there is a sense by many in the world that certain groups of people and various religions must inherently hate each other, advocating separation to avoid hostility…most of whom likely haven’t experienced traveling in Malaysia. Despite being far from perfection, the majority of Malaysia’s varied population exists with awareness but without focus on the [...]
Why Would You Want To Go To Yemen?
Yemen is a country whose association in the news with terrorism, kidnappings, and unrest following its 2010 revolution has reduced tourism and hotel bookings in some places by 60%. Before bothering to research how to go to Yemen or navigating the security situation there, you’re probably wondering why you should even consider a trip. The [...]
How Can I Best Manage My Photos If I’m Traveling With Only A Tablet?
A big part of the question, should I buy a tablet instead of a laptop for my travels, is whether or not an iPad, Windows Surface, Google Nexus or other device can hold and manage all of the pictures you’re bound to be snapping. As one commenter asks, I’m on the fence about getting a [...]
How To Travel To Yemen And Socotra Island
Getting to mainland Yemen and Socotra Island, the Tim Burton inspired natural wonderland 380 kilometers of its southern coast, requires a few additional bureaucratic hops that aren’t too cumbersome if you know where to step. Both are surprisingly accessible and having spent 10 days in the country, I got to know a number of contacts [...]
The Passion And People Who Brought Me To The Best City To Visit In 2012: Sarajevo
My travels are usually well ahead of my writing, which lags behind a queue of new trips and past stories to be told. Hence why I’m so late in writing about the 2012 Best City To Visit Travel Tournament winner, Sarajevo. A contest won by an incredibly energetic and enthusiastic group of Balkan supporters who [...]
Ask Me Your Travel Tech And Blogging Questions With Real-Time Support For Two Hours
Hello and welcome to a special live chat marking the one year anniversary of my ebook, The Ultimate Tech Guide For Travelers Version 2.0. An ebook that comes with 6 months of personal tech support from yours truly covering anything mentioned in the book. I’ve gotten on Skype calls to walk fellow travelers through setting [...]
Boundary Ballet: The Wagah Border Ceremony Between India And Pakistan
There is a video embedded in this post, those of you reading through my daily email update will need to click through to the article to view the video. Since 1959, every evening a bizarre military ritual takes place along the India-Pakistan border, between Lahore and Amritsar, in the border town of Wagah. This is [...]
The Faces Of Yemen
The poor reputation of a nation often obscures the faces of its population, as is the case in Yemen, which has seen an 85% drop in tourism since 2007. Though my camera was eager to capture Yemen, it was really Yemenis who captivated my lens. Overcoming my general reluctance to photograph people, I mumbled a [...]
Giving Myself Some Additional On Time Offline
As you’re reading this, I’m somewhere in the desert at a location I can’t reveal just yet for a number of reasons; and have been offline for the past few days. Despite my best efforts to stay online, it’s not always possible or practical to do so. Running around getting visas, visiting remote regions of [...]
Gardens By The Bay, A Fleeting Singapore Photo Essay
During our travels we often come across places we later realized we lingered too long around – Baku’s Yanar Dag comes to mind – which tend to evaporate quickly from our memories. Occasionally however, the opposite happens, realizing your mistake as soon as you walk up the lonely path from the Bayfront metro station in [...]
Ask An Airline Pilot: What Really Goes On In The Cockpit? [LIVE CHAT]
Airplanes are the magic machines that allow us to travel around the world and pilots the magicians who fly them. Despite taking over 40 flights a year, I know little details about how those experts keep 400,000 kilos of aluminum (and all of us passengers) in the sky and landed safely at out destinations. A [...]
4 Powerful Books That Transformed The Travelers Who Wrote Them (And Will Change You Too)
I really should have titled this “4 travel stories” since these are mostly specific parts of selected books that came to mind when thinking about enlightening voyage experiences. Tales of serendipity common enough to counteract soundbites of travel tragedy many modern media outlets tend to regurgitate for ratings. Whether it’s you who needs a little [...]
The Primary Lesson I’ve Learned Traveling: People Are Fundamentally Good
Invariably the conversation comes up as much as I try to avoid it – what I do for a living. I tell people I’ve been traveling and blogging for the past 5 years, visited over 60 countries, and am fortunate to have seen more human cultures firsthand than most will in their lifetime. As I [...]
Should You Buy A Mac Or Windows Laptop For Your Travels?
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The Best City To Visit In 2013 Is Sibiu, Romania
More than 64 cities, 5 weeks, and 10,000 votes later we finally have a winner, after an all-Romanian The Best City to Visit Travel Tournament Championship: Sibiu. Originally nominated by Adrian (who now has also won $300), Sibiu, the 60th seed in the tournament, came close to being eliminated in the early rounds by Shanghai [...]
Ask A Psychiatrist: Am I Crazy For Wanting To Travel The World? [LIVE CHAT]
Prior to leaving to travel the world, many members of my family thought I was out of my mind for making the decision to leave a job I loved and take off. They eventually came around but as time passed here on the blog, I noticed many of you sending me stories about similar situations. [...]
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2013: Championship
Not many people gave Granada a fighting chance against Bucharest in the Final Four of The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament last week. Yet the Spanish supporters worked hard to put up 4,135 votes – but it wasn’t enough as Bucharest won with 903 more votes on the back of a solid social media [...]