Let’s face it, a trip to Boston, Massachusetts would not be complete without a stop at some of the most popular tourist attractions in the area.
Year: 2020
The Biggest Transfer of Wealth in World History Part 1
The stock market crash caused by the pandemic was the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world. That wealth went exactly the oppossite of how most people (99.99%) should want it. It went directly from the bottom to the top. As I write, Trump and the talking heads on economic television are…
Jobs for Vagabonds – Get Paid to Travel the World
Who says freelancing isn’t for you? If you want to start looking for another way to travel and work for the man, there are options available for you. And many of them involve working for a man (or woman) that might just be very cool and good to you. With so many people out of…
Black Robed Kaffir: Adventures on the other side of Pakistan
Dave Stamboulis defies the media perception and shows Pakistan to be filled with hospitable and kind people who live with their doors and hearts open.
Moroccan Transport
In a nutshell, it works, but only in the most loosely defined sense of the word.
A Very Good Novel (Coronavirus) by Christopher Damitio
(Author notes have been moved to the bottom since I’ve finished the novel) If you prefer to listen to novels instead of reading them, here’s the link to my podcast on iTunes – Vagobond Podcast Adventures A Very Good Novel (Coronavirus) by Christopher Damitio Prologue – A History of the World and…
Illegal pictures in the Cistine Chapel
“No pictures, no cameras.” The guards shouted in the the Vatican’s Cistine Chapel where we all took pictures of Michelangelo’s masterpiece
Doing Rome on the Cheap and on the Fly
You can do Rome on the cheap. First, when you take a quick 3-day vacation to see a city, you should have these three goals.
Caravaggio – Bergamo Revisited – Airport Refugees
One of the side effects of the renaissance of budget air and cheap flights is that a number of small regional airports have become major hubs for carriers such as RyanAir and Wizz Airlines.
Vagobond in Bulgaria – Part 3 – Sofia Statues and Parks
Travel around the world can’t be considered complete without visiting at least one former or current communist nation. I’ve been to a few of them now though many would argue that China is about as communist as the USA. As an anarchist, it strikes me as sad to think of the hope that went into the monuments and art of communism and the tragedy of death and despair that usually emerged from it.