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If you’ve been following my travel hack series, you may remember in a previous post: Gone in 30 Seconds with a Bug Out Bag, I recommended including olive oil as an essential part of your 72 hour bag. Olive oil has a litany of benefits: it’s healthier, it’s safer (lower flashpoint

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Travel Hack Friday: #DIY Orange Peel Oil Candle #travelhacks

October 16, 2015 Comments (1) Adventure, Backpacking, How To, Safety and Survival, Travel Hacks

If you’ve been following my travel hack series, you may remember in a previous post: Gone in 30 Seconds with a Bug Out Bag, I recommended including olive oil as an essential part of your 72 hour bag. Olive oil has a litany of benefits: it’s healthier, it’s

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Travel Hack Friday: How to Find Edible Bugs

October 2, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Camping & Hiking, Food & Thoughts, How To, Safety and Survival, Travel Hacks, Travel Tips

Eww insects? That’s the typical reaction when one thinks of bugs. The very thought of the creepy crawlies can cause phantom tingles among the most adventurous of us. Now imagine having to eat them. For many parts of the world, like South East Asia, edible bugs are

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10 Movies Not To Watch Before Camping In The Backcountry

September 28, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Backpacking, Camping & Hiking, Food & Thoughts, Safety and Survival, Travel Tips

Who doesn’t love going to the movies? Besides providing an endless stream of entertainment, movies are a great source of travel inspiration, giving us a glimpse of the world without ever leaving our couches. But every so often, a movie hits the screens that will

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Travel Hack Friday: Gone In 30 Seconds With A Bug Out Bag

September 18, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, How To, Safety and Survival, Travel Hacks, Travel Tips

I often like to paraphrase Robert De Niro’s character in the movie Heat, where he says, “Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat.” Granted, his life was decidedly different from my own, being a bank

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Travel Hack Friday: How to Forage For Food

August 21, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Backpacking, Camping & Hiking, How To, Safety and Survival, Travel Hacks, Travel Tips

Above image courtesy of Jeff Kubina. The image is of cattails which are super edible plants. Stalks are like celery and the tuber can make flour and tasty pollen We’ve lost some instinctual skills over the centuries. Air conditioned Superstores have made us

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4 MORE Bangkok Tourist Scams, Plus a Hungry Duck

August 10, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Asia, Safety and Survival, South East Asia, Thailand, Travel Tips

Thailand, especially Bangkok, is one of the most popular travel destinations for its cost and ease of travel. Tourists from all walks of life, backpackers to families, will at one point find their way traveling through famous Bangkok, or the very least, have plans to

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28 Tips to Survive a Wildfire

August 3, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Backpacking, Camping & Hiking, Safety and Survival, Travel Tips

Above image courtesy of US Air Force Every year wildfires destroy millions of dollars worth of property, threaten and displace thousand of lives all around the world. Even as I write this, California, my home state, is suffering from over 2 dozen wildfires, with one

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16 Hand Gestures Around the World That Won’t Make You Any Friends!

July 6, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Food & Thoughts, Safety and Survival, Travel Tips

I’m naturally a very animated conversationalist, and tend to move my hands and lock eyes for that dramatic effect. Throughout my travels I’ve admittedly never given too much though to the different hand gestures around the world and how they may be perceived. It

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Travel Hack Friday: How to Tie Knots That are Not Just Knots

July 3, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, How To, Safety and Survival, Travel Hacks, Travel Tips

Above image courtesy of Benjamin Balazs Hopefully you read last weeks post on basic knot tying techniques, and are now ready to graduate from grasshopper to master knotter! Admittedly, it’s hard to imagine when knowing how to tie knots will play a crucial role in

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4 Notorious Thailand Scams to Avoid

June 29, 2015 Comments (0) Adventure, Asia, Food & Thoughts, Safety and Survival, Thailand, Travel Tips

Who knew you could lose your passport and Baht roll over a can of coke? Unfortunately, the Land of Smiles may sometimes double as the land of scams. From the infamous “drugging bus robbery scam” to the less creative tour operator shuffle you’re apt to fall prey

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