As the USA has become stricter and stricter letting in foreign visitors, the reverse has also become true. This is probably due to a combination of countries being frustrated with US stricter policies as well as just taking greater security precautions. That said, as a traveler, it hasn’t always been an advantage being from the […]
In medicine, I’ve always heard that it never hurts to get a second opinion. But in the case of travel immunizations, more opinions may mean a little more pain because they usually mean more pokes in the arm by long, sharp, shiny needles. That said, when I didn’t cry, I sometimes received some celebratory lollypops. […]
My departure date both beckons and looms. I leave the San Francisco Bay Area in less than a month, and before then, there is a lot to wrap up including job, apartment, and trip plans. Since there’s little exciting to say about putting my room into boxes, one area of my trip planning that I […]