When I read Wikitravel for some countries, I see reference to the "Millionaire's Ride" (or similar) where you hail a taxi (to go to your hotel, say) but the tax
Obviously we all know about the oxygen masks but let's say there was a strong exceptional reason for me to get off the airplane, are there par
I have frequently noticed that public transport vehicles do not have waste bins inside. Instead, those are located on the stations. This seems
I started a year-ish long term travel adventure and I have been very quickly reminded how edgy situations can get when in a under developed co
People who have a phobia of traveling by air point out that that traveling by sea is safer. We all know that at least one aircraft a year cras
I wonder what the downsides are of putting a copy of one's boarding pass online.
The RSA has one of the world's top murder rates. As, the above link shows, other countries have similar murder rates but they are not in the radar of internatio
If using common sense rules; keeping low key, not flashing wealth, not going to areas with no tourist attractions, etc. is it common and/or reasonable for us (m
When it rains the lane markings become almost invisible. Even in the daylight it is hard to see, but at night it is much harder. Would instal
I know it's not safe to have hearing completely blocked with earplugs while bicycling or driving. But there are a lot of vehicles on the road in China with extr
I am travelling to Athens, Greece, shortly, and have seen reports of recent unrest. Should I be worried? Should I cancel my trip? Update It's fine, taxis are
I'm thinking of visiting the Kazakh parts of Mongolia, so that I can attend some kind of eagle festival, as the events there sound more interesting than those i
Last year (2014), the guys from our dive center in Turkey told us that there is a (new) legal depth limit of 30m (100ft) for all scuba divers (including CMAS 3*
My friend asked me to go to a Luke Bryan concert on October 30th, at Ford Field in Detroit. I've heard a lot of horror stories about the violence in the city, a
I am an 18 year old girl from Hong Kong thinking of travelling to Europe for a month. My parents are worried about letting me out and the secu
Myself and my friends are planning to stay inside a forest for a night and want to feel that experience during the mid of September. In INDIA,
All companies providing those services claim they are very safe and they do everything in their power for this, but some quick research shows that it's not 100%
At one of the stalls in Mercato Centrale, we were looking at leather wallets, and I noticed that the stall had a sign saying they were an "Authorised seller". S
Recently my wife and I traveled to Italy and before we left we got about 85% of our money in travelers checks and the other 15% we carried on in cash. When we a
I'm an American-born (South) Korean, and I have a week to sign up for a surfing expedition in North Korea. I've read several pages of Google results about Ameri