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Deep Thoughts

We’re not on Holiday! Differences between vacationing and travelling explained

by Frank (bbqboy)

Differences between vacationing and travelling Our recent one-week stay in Siem Reap Cambodia was fun. We would get up early and be picked up by our tuk tuk driver for our almost daily excursion to …

Read moreWe’re not on Holiday! Differences between vacationing and travelling explained

Prostitution, Trafficking and the myth of “Asian Values”

by Frank (bbqboy)

Prostitution Trafficking and the myth of Asian Values You walk anywhere in Thailand and you’ll see them – older men, usually expats, walking hand in hand with younger Thai girls. We’re in a condo …

Read moreProstitution, Trafficking and the myth of “Asian Values”

Everything IS Personal. And why you can’t love every place you visit…

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why you can’t love every place you visit… “Some would certainly stone me for saying this, but I don’t travel to places for the people anymore. It’s the sights and things to do there that …

Read moreEverything IS Personal. And why you can’t love every place you visit…

Nationalities on the friendliness scale. Case study: Germans and Czechs.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Germans and Czechs on the friendliness scale It’s funny how things can be so different when crossing that imaginary political line called a border. Just 2 hours from Prague is Dresden in the former …

Read moreNationalities on the friendliness scale. Case study: Germans and Czechs.

My 2 years as a child Expat in Zambia

by Frank (bbqboy)

My 2 years as a child Expat in Zambia I was 8 years old when we moved to Africa. For a kid born and raised in rural Quebec, it was the most extreme change in environment imaginable. We had always been …

Read moreMy 2 years as a child Expat in Zambia

Plane travel and the real “Dick Move”

by Frank (bbqboy)

Plane travel and the real “Dick Move” This week I came across a blog that was recognized as one of Time magazine’s blogs of the year. She has a “dick move” section which I was curious …

Read morePlane travel and the real “Dick Move”
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