Tag: Budget Travelers Sandbox

  • My Three Best Kept Travel Secrets

    My Three Best Kept Travel Secrets

    This article is a part of the Tripbase blog tag project: Three Best Kept Travel Secrets. This is a project originated by Tripbase to gather a great list of top travel recommendations directly from many many travel bloggers’ own experiences. My thanks to Dina and Ryan, from VagabondQuest, for tagging me to participate in this…

  • Friday’s Talking Photo #12 – Karen Long Neck

    Friday’s Talking Photo #12 – Karen Long Neck

    The site I use to produce the talking photos seems to be offline, so no talking photo this week. This shot was taken at a “cultural village” just outside of Chiang Mai. The village is home to various tribes including the “Long Necks” or Karen Tribe. Tourists pay to see the hill tribes people, and…

  • Through the Sandbox Lens #2 — Traditonal Korean Wedding Parade

    Through the Sandbox Lens #2 — Traditonal Korean Wedding Parade

    This is a reenactment of a traditional Korean wedding parade (called Ch’inyoung). I took this in the popular tourist area Insa-Dong in down town Seoul. You can find out more about Insa-Dong here To learn more about Korean traditional weddings go here. If you like this post, please consider giving it a tweet or a…

  • My Winter Travels Begin

    Here I am in the KAL Lounge at Incheon Airport waiting for my flight to KL. The trip to the airport was uneventful once I told the taxi driver who was taking me to the bus stop to STOP going through the red lights. He laughed, but he listened. I am always impressed with the…