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Destination reports from Tim Leffel – rundowns on some of the world’s cheapest destinations for travel as well as the best values around the world for expats considering a move abroad. Countries that are a bargain for backpackers, vacationers, or people pondering a change of location.
This year I spent close to five months in Europe. Every time I tell people that in person, their eyes get wide or they start mentally calculating in their mind how much of a fortune I must have blown through. Really though, I spent less than I would have road-tripping around the USA, staying in …
I have been to Bansko several times now, on a hiking trip, a ski trip, and twice hanging out for weeks around the Bansko Nomad Fest. But I had never come or gone by train. A while back someone mentioned this narrow-gauge train that goes through the forested mountains and then someone else brought it …
There’s no such thing as an average travel budget for a two-week vacation or a trip around the world. Whether you’re going to circle the globe or just hit four different places in Mexico, you need to give a calculator a workout and do some math. After all that though, you need to be honest …
Most people breeze through Peru in a hurry, in a big rush to get to Machu Picchu and snap their identical selfie. If they see the Sacred Valley of the Incas at all, it’s often from a train or bus window or on some whirlwind day trip from Cusco that hits six sites in one …
There are plenty of things to do in Sofia, lots of interesting sights to check out in Bulgaria’s capital. So why was I tramping around the Sofia Cemetery for two hours in a drizzle, on the wrong side of the tracks? After all, TripAdvisor says this is #152 of things to do in the city …