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I once had a brilliant idea about doing a serious book about travel called Slash and Burn Tourism. The pitch was, like the traditional but destructive tradition of slash and burn agriculture, there are many destinations in the world that used to be great, but are now so overcrowded and overtaxed that people are…
Time for a face-off. If you want to travel to somewhere along the world’s second-longest reef, Belize or Roatan, Honduras? When divers talk about Belize, they get all misty-eyed and start daydreaming about their last trip there. When anyone else who has been there talks about it, they say something to the effect of…
Heading upriver into the Darien Gap of Panama, you have to time it right. If the tide goes out while you are in the jungle, you’re up the creek without a channel. So we ventured in as the tide was swelling and got out while it was still high. Unfortunately, this makes for a…
In the Pearl Islands of Panama we pulled up to one beach and went snorkeling around a submerged submarine. The tides vary so much in the Pacific that a couple of hours later, the sub was fully exposed. The weird thing is, it’s a submarine built for the U.S. civil war. What the..?!! A…
In the latest issue of Perceptive Travel there’s a review of the recent Marco Polo biography from Laurence Bergreen. This is an interesting guide to the life of the original world traveler, a Venetian who ended up going to Constantinople, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Burma, Vietnam, and along the Silk Road from Pakistan through Mongolia…
“What do you do?” It took me a few years to get to the answer I wanted, but I was pretty darn excited when I could start truthfully answering, “I’m a travel writer.” Now that I’ve been answering that way for quite a few years now, I’ve noticed that nearly everyone seems to ask…
The Cheapest Destinations Blog has been running continually since 2003, with articles from award-winning travel writer Tim Leffel. That’s me at work below.
I’m the author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and the living abroad book A Better Life for Half the Price. All have been published in multiple editions. I am nomadic part of each year with a home base in Mexico.
I am also editor of the narrative web publication Perceptive Travel, named “best online travel magazine” by the North American Travel Journalists Association and “best travel blog” by SATW. I have contributed to more than 50 publications as a freelancer and have been invited to speak on stage in 11 countries. I’m the former chair of the advisory board of NATJA, served as North American Conference Director for TBEX for six years, and am a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. See more on the About page and get in touch with any opportunities via the Work With Me page.
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