1. USAir 2. Alitalia 3. Iberia 4. Air France 5. South African *I am only considering airlines from developed countries because the list of less developed countries bad airlines could go on forever.
Travel Insurance
A lot of people ask me about travel insurance and whether it is necessary or not to purchase before a trip. This is always an interesting question and one that I am very on the fence. I have purchased travel insurance before, 3 times to be exact for some of my larger trips to more […]
Top 5-Best Airlines
1. Singapore 2. Cathay Pacific 3. Emirates 4. Virgin Atlantic 5. Qantas
Post-War Sarajevo
If you’re a twenty-something man from Sarajevo lucky enough to still be alive, you would have lived through a transfer of power from a beloved post World War II regime to a brutal Unitarian Serb nationalist madman. You would have lived through Yugoslavia’s greatest moment of triumph, the 1984 Winter Olympics. You would have lived […]
Top 5-Cities in Central Asia
1. Bishkek, Kyrgygzstan 2. Almaty, Kazakhstan 3. Samarkand, Uzbekistan 4. Penjikent, Tajikistan 5. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka
I am reposting this story that I wrote in 2005, right after the devastating tsunami that hit Central and Southeast Asia. I have always been intrigued by the country of Sri Lanka. Ever since I studied the map as a kid I thought Sri Lanka was a place I would like to see one day. […]
Top 5-Cities in West Africa
1. Dakar, Senegal 2. Praia, Cape Verde Islands 3. Bamako, Mali 4. Freetown, Sierra Leone 5. Accra, Ghana
Top 5-Latin American Cities
Due to popular demand, I am going to re-start doing my top 5 lists, as many old ones are outdated. 1. Rio de Janeiro 2. Buenos Aires 3. Bogota 4. Cuzco 5. Mexico City
Soccer in Mexico
Soccer or Futbol in Mexico is a religion. Much like the rest of Latin America and in fact the world it is always the main topic of conversation and a true source of contention and passion. I have been fortunate to have been to manhy different soccer stadiums around the world and have seen many […]
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, located about 40 kilometers north of Mexico City, containing some of the largest pyramidal structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. Apart from the pyramidal structures, the archaeological site of Teotihuacan is also known for its large residential complexes, the “street of the dead” where […]