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How do I pay for a US parking ticket from the UK?

9/5/2015 12:08:58 PM You have other options: You can use a credit card that doesn’t have a UK billing address. There are plenty you can get online (for example, from this website). Typically these are used by customers that are buying from merchants that do not accept foreign credit cards. Its a pre-paid card that […]

How to get an impression of the average price level of a destination?

2/17/2013 12:11:27 AM This is an interesting and relevant question. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer at all! There are two possibilities, the Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) and the so-called Big-Mac Index. None of them is perfect. There are caveats (see below). However, if you combine the information from these two and you add some […]

Late night taxi in Crete

7/3/2013 8:20:46 AM We were persuaded (by a Greek colleague whom I met after making my original post) to change our plans to go to Chania (Hania) instead of Heraklion. Said colleague also assured me I would have no problems finding a taxi around midnight. We booked a hotel in Chania Town with 24-hour check-in […]

What are the options to travel to Mecca or Jabal al-Nour as a non-Muslim?

What are the options to travel to Mecca or Jabal al-Nour as a non-Muslim?

10/1/2019 8:35:21 PM An extreme option is to convert to Islam (which only requires reciting the Shahada), receive a certificate of faith from your local mosque and then travel to Mecca as part of an Umrah pilgrimage. Andrei Markelov from Russia went for this route recently and published a long blog post about his journey […]

Where does the MSCO Polaris actually go, and how do I travel with it?

Where does the MSCO Polaris actually go, and how do I travel with it?

1/9/2014 3:25:47 AM While this may be out of date but there is bad news: Polaris is moving to Sakhalin, so whatever routes it used to run are no longer being serviced by MSCO Motorcycle ride to Malaysia from Singapore avoiding expressways 2/9/2013 9:28:48 PM Yes, this boat appears to take passengers, and seems quite […]

What are some good resources for sailing in Greece?

1/18/2017 4:51:24 PM A very useful mobile guide to use, both for planning and while sailing in Greece, is Sail-Pilot. It is a complete Greek Waters Pilot, being authorised by the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service. It is a mobile app available for iPhone and Android platforms, with specific layouts for smartphone and tablet devices. It […]

My application was refused due to 'lack of evidence of funds', are there hidden requirements for UK visa applications?

1/21/2016 10:42:14 PM Gayot Fow has provided a great answer with detailed explanation of why the rules exist and where (possibly) to search for them. What may not be so clear from his answer is that for any visa application, the applicant needs to show that he/she would be able to support themselves while in […]

What are the cheapest trains from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg?

6/16/2013 7:52:46 PM As @Karlson answered the question using information for current times, I want to add the information for futher trains. Technically this is not a direct trains from Helsinki to Saint-Petersburg, but there are plans of RZD to develop some general non-highspeed trains on regular basis. The Federal Passenger Company and the Government […]

How to track my travels nicely?

How to track my travels nicely?

12/26/2022 11:28:01 PM I personally use Polarsteps and I like it. This is a map-centric travel tracker. The encouraged way to use it is to have the mobile app that records all the locations that other apps on your phone have been fetching, to create a smoother line following your driving/hiking route. I personally like […]

Motorcycle ride to Malaysia from Singapore avoiding expressways

2/5/2013 12:39:54 AM Malaysians love their motosikal and you can easily tour the country by bike without using expressways. For example, for Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur, and even onward past Penang all the way to the Thai border, you can use the old National Highway 1. (Tip: do a search in Google Maps, pop […]

Is there a way to store stage luggage until needed?

11/7/2016 4:55:18 PM I have never used their service, or that of a competitor, but PODS (Portable On-Demand Storage) might do what you want. The big questions will be cost, and timeliness. I also don’t know if they have service outside of the U.S., but there may be similar services elsewhere in the world. The […]

Where can I travel for prolonged periods of time while legally working remotely for a company in my home country?

Where can I travel for prolonged periods of time while legally working remotely for a company in my home country?

4/8/2021 8:44:24 AM COVID-19 made remote working more mainstream and more and more countries with their economies badly shaken finally wake up to the fact that digital nomads are not illegal workers but a source of income so they establish visa regimes for them. Typically you can stay for 12 months — as a visitor, […]

How widely accepted are Euros in Hungary and how bad is the exchange rate practiced by shops/hotels?

12/17/2018 10:19:57 PM I’ve just spend 4 days in Budapest in December 2018. I have an N26 credit card which I used: Public transportation ticket In restaurents, In Széchenyi thermal bath, In 3D museum, dm (groceries – forgot shampoo), Aldi, Lidl small Christmas booths It worked flawlessly. Some of the restaurants printed a Forint reference […]

What options are available to go from Leuven/Brussels to Luxembourg?

1/4/2014 8:32:15 PM Hitchhiking is fairly easy in Belgium. Any spot will probably get you in the right direction, Liège seems best but first going towards Ottignies to catch the highway there seem fine as well. (Still good to check the Leuven article on Hitchwiki though if you don’t have a lot of experience hitching.) […]

How long does it take for Google Maps to include a newly opened highway in its driving directions?

2/1/2013 11:51:08 AM Google has a tool called Mapmaker http://www.google.com/mapmaker which you can edit Google Maps and then submit for approval. I used it in the past it took me three days to get the approval. And only 2 days before it went live. The tool it’s a community-based so real people will actually go […]

What metric to US customary unit conversions should I know for traveling to the US?

1/3/2019 11:04:42 AM In addition to the other answers, soft drinks are sold by the US fluid ounce, commonly called ounces (oz). 1 litre is 35.2 USfloz, 330ml (UK soft drink can) is 11.6 USfloz. Cans seem to be sold by 12floz. One USfloz is 28.4ml Curfew – Is walking on the street in Tokyo […]

Services to help disabled travelers when travelling, eg with accommodation in Canary Islands and travel from Russia

2/2/2013 6:23:30 AM Wheelmap.org can be very useful for you. It contains POIs with information wheter there are accessible for wheelchair. Here you have Canary Islands on Wheelmap (zoom in to see specific location with POIs). The biggest disadvantage of this map is that still majority of POIs are not described. Can I get in […]

Travelling to Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka

6/5/2013 1:57:11 PM Doing the sites on Kamchatka or Sakhalin on your own is possible but but personally I would not recommend it without good knowledge of the language and lots and lots of time. To get to Sakhalin you could take a ferry from Vanino problem is you have to get to that port […]

What are the exact reasons why one cannot take a bottle of water on the plane?

10/15/2016 3:28:44 AM If you ask them, it’s to prevent terrorist attacks in the form of bombings. Apparently several people posting agree. I would answer that it is to appear to prevent terrorist attacks. I say that because tsa is slightly more effective than mall cops. Could there be bombs created through that nefarious methods […]

Curfew – Is walking on the street in Tokyo legal after 11.00 pm if you're under 18?

4/28/2015 6:16:09 PM In reality, as long as the boy is accompanied by an adult, just walking on public streets in Japan late at night won’t cause a substantial problem in most cases. If you are unlucky, a police officer might stop you and ask a few questions, but anything worse is unlikely to happen. […]

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