Lee Abbamonte
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Overnight Train to Budapest
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My friends and I were backpacking through Europe. We were in Prague and we couldn’t agree on our next course of action. We eventually decided that we would all split up and meet up in a few days in Interlaken, Switzerland. I wanted to take the overnight train to Budapest and that’s exactly what I did.
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The Jumbo Jet Hostel
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I thought this was kind of interesting that a businessman in Stockholm, Sweden bought a grounded and unusable 747 and is planning in turning into a 110 Euro a night hostel in Sweden. There are to be 25 rooms and the main cockpit suite. Sound enticing? Not to me, but maybe to scores of Swedes who seemingly cannot wait to frequent this new “phenomenon”.
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My Thoughts on Cruises
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Cruises are quite possibly the worst things ever invented. The only redeeming quality is that they serve as a fairly comfortable mode of transport in which you have to think and plan nothing and you generally wake up in a new place. However, there are so many awful and annoying things about cruises that I can’t possibly enumerate them all. However, here a few of the worst things about cruises.
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I’m Back
By Lee | 2 Comments » I apologize that I have not been posting on my site recently but I was away in the Caribbean for a while knocking out another 9 countries including an amazing helicopter tour of Montserrat which I will be writing about soon with pictures. I have also temporarily relocated to Arizona so I have been getting my life in order and adjusting to the unreal heat. I apologize to those people whose emails I have not yet responded to-I will get to them as soon as possible. I also want to thank all of my readers who have sent me their pictures from their trips. I really do look at them and love to see other peoples’ trips and memories. I will be posting regularly again starting this week once I get my wireless set up. Thanks again.
Air Travel Pet Peeves
By Lee | 27 Comments » 
Pet peeves are an often funny and certainly an unavoidable part of life. However, when traveling they can certainly be one of the most annoying things about your trip. Pet peeves related to air travel are probably the most common and I have seen them actually start fights on board planes and get people kicked off a plane before it starts. On my recent trip I experienced a wealth of annoyance from my pet peeves and thought it would be interesting to kind of list them and have you guys share some of yours. So here we go.
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My Itinerary is Basically Set
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After months and months of research, planning and dealing with beaurocratic red tape with visas etc., my around the world itinerary is pretty much set for my trip next week. What a process it was as it always is to plan a big trip; giving yourself a shell of a trip with some room to maneuver if you decide you want extra time in a place or less. Trying to find the best deals; the best routes; new discount airlines; hotels; and everything in between takes a considerable amount of research, time and effort. However, the rewards are great and I can’t wait to go.
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Visa Processing Agencies
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I just got my passport back after having it out of my possession for a month or so. The reason was because I had sent it to Washington to have passportvisaexpress.com get four visas for me: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran. These visas are a real pain to obtain on your own and for Turkmenistan and Iran you need to jump through hoops with a letter of invitation, governmental approval, etc. so it’s a real pain. I was a little skeptical, having never used a visa processing agency before. However, passportvisaexpress.com came very highly recommended and did an excellent job. I want to thank them publicly on my site and recommend them to anyone looking for visas who doesn’t have the time or the embassies/consulates to get visas themselves.
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Buying Souvenirs Abroad
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I got an email yesterday from a reader who is in Africa doing the Nairobi to Capetown overland truck route. He is in Capetown now and looking to buy some souvenirs from his trip and from Africa in general. He still has two weeks on the continent and wants to buy a bunch of stuff including some of those big African masks that everyone likes to buy when they are in Africa and some other heavier items. My advice to him was unless you’re shipping them home ahead of time-forget it.
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Affordable Travel in Tough Economic Times
By Lee | 2 Comments » 
If you’re an American who travels abroad you certainly know how diminished the value of the US Dollar has become. Additionally, you have noticed that increases in fuel costs have made airlines raise fares along with many other little annoying costs as well. However, there are some places that you can still go where you can get a decent bang for your buck. Europe, however, is not among them.
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Flying in a Lightning Storm
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Last night I flew back to New York from Jacksonville, Florida and the weather in Florida couldn’t have been better. However, as we made our way up the east coast it started to get a little bumpier. All of a sudden you could see lightning blazing through the clouds. A truly awesome sight if you’re not the one who is in the plane. It can actually be quite terrifying and several people on plane were totally freaking out.
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