When I ran away and lived on the streets of Europe and the Middle East, I acquired certain survival skills. I learned which dumpsters would yield the best food. I learned how to jump trains, hitchhike and travel for free. And although it took me many fights, I also learned how to outsmart and avoid […]
Visit The Pyramids For Cheaper Than You Think
We’ve all seen them in pictures or on our 3D Hi-Def Tv’s, but there’s nothing like seeing them in true life. Whether you visit them on foot, camel, horse, or see them from the second floor of the adjacent Pizza Hut, they are truly a sight to behold. They are a grand testament to man’s […]
How To Protest Around The World
I look up. A volley of cans are hurling in a high arc through the smoke filled air. I immediately calculate their trajectories and realize they’re heading right for me. With zero time, I leap to safety. The first one lands just a few feet from where I was standing. White gas suffocates the air. […]
How To Haggle Like a Pro
Few feelings are worse as a budget backpacker than knowing that you’ve just been ripped off. You feel cheated, outwitted, and like a dumb tourist. Scenes of your antagonist laughing his/her way to the bank begin to plague your waking life. You imagine all the meals you could have afforded if you hadn’t succumbed to […]
Run Away To Egypt
Egypt is an ideal travel destination for the intense budget backpacker or runaway. It is remarkably cheap, it is full of ancient wonders, and has a great hostel/backpacker scene. It’s people are friendly, when they aren’t yelling at each other, and the food is clean and delicious. Despite the recent revolution, Egypt is a relatively […]
The Coolest Hostel in Cairo
There’s no city like Cairo. No city where the sugar cane juice is always on tap. Where Shawma, Koshary, Fried Cheese Sandwich’s and Pigeon can be bought on nearly every corner. Where the beats blast so loud from speakers jerry rigged to scooters that the reverberations shake ones inner ear to a blissful nausea. It’s […]
Looking Down the Barrel of Anti-Semitism in Egypt
A few weeks ago when I was back in Cairo, I had an intense encounter that nearly ended my life. More so than being a terrifying experience, it forced me to make a difficult decision. That being, whether to stay true to my beliefs and risk death in the face of a home made gun […]
A Bike Ride Through Egypt
After spending a month in Dahab hostel in downtown Cairo, I was beginning to get bored. I had already hurled stones at the police and experienced the full power of tear gas but I needed something more. I needed a challenge. All of a sudden, I recalled a German girl who I met on the […]
Crazy Cairo: A 2 Minute Taste
This past month in Cairo has been wonderful. It is such a crazy and cheap city that it’s hard to get bored here. I love the people (minus the scammers), the hookah bars, the shawrma, the Koshary, cheap roof top hostels, ancient pyramids, and most of all my beloved sugar cane juice. And because of […]
The Cost Of Cairo
I have met quite a few travelers who really hate Cairo. They can’t stand the dust, the car fumes, the constant cacophony of honks, and the strange foods. For me however, all of those reasons are why I love Cairo. I love how non-western, crazy and funky the city is. I love wandering alone through […]
The World’s Cheapest Countries
While the dollar has actually risen against the British pound in recent years, travel in the UK remains a budget killer. Fortunately, not all countries are as expensive as the UK or Western Europe. In fact, the majority of the world’s developing countries are comparable to great budget dollar stores. However, even among the worlds […]
