The Best Places to Live in South America range from promising emerging markets to countries that are going through presidential coups. Every year publications from around the world list their top places to live and retire for the upcoming year. Most of these expert reports are written by authors that have never visited most of […]
The Day I Decided To Travel Around The World. Forever.
Traveling around the world was a part of my life since I was very young. I was born in a third world country and moved to the United States at an early age. I would travel back and forth in order to spend time with both my mother and father. At one point it was […]
The Next Indian Adventure: Holy City & Taj Mahal
What happens when someone wants to do something nice for their mother? An invitation to India to vomit alongside her son of course. The plan was to invite Madame Wandering Trader to India to spend both New Years & Christmas. That plan was axed after a delay in the visa processing but she still deserved […]
Jaswant Thada Memorial: Jodhpur, India
Jaswant Thada Memorial is nothing short of impressive. As tourists take the short ride up to the mountain to visit one of the largest forts in India, the Mehrangarh Fort, the structure rises into one’s vision. It would be built in 1899 and an additional 3 cenotaphs would be constructed on the property which you see on […]
Snake Charmers in Rajasthan, India
The once mighty snake charmer in India has been struck by a fate of bad luck and bureaucracy. Not only have laws been passed to ban the ownership of serpents, since 1991 the government of India has banned any shows featuring snakes (even cobras). I was surprised to see how the snakes are actually treated. If […]
Plans For 2013: The Floundering Trader
It’s time to (tentatively) plan my travels through 2013. While most of the time I have had an attack plan of where I wanted to go and what I wanted to see, 2013 is going to be quite different. I remember the vision vividly when a picture came across my desk from National Geographic, the […]
The Defamation Of The 5 Star Hotel: India
I have been exploring Incredible India now for close to 2 months and have had to make considerable choices in terms of lodging, transport, and dietary needs. I have been coerced into staying at 5 star hotels with names that contain palace due to my day trading profession. The free western breakfasts and reliable hot […]
Sensory Overload in India: Challenging The Extreme
I just wrapped up one of the most interesting, fascinating, and toughest trips that I have ever taken in my life, a 15 day trip through Rajasthan. The main reason to visit India wasn’t only to experience one of the most varied places in the world, but also to see the viability of opening a […]
Visiting Rajasthan, India: 15 Day Trip Through The Land of The Kings
Visiting Rajasthan happens to be one of the top 5 most visited tourist routes in all of India according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. Many travelers don’t realize how large India is and how its considered not just a country, but a subcontinent. When I recently visited the World Travel Market in London every […]
Visiting India & Starting A New Life
Visiting India for the first time started a recurring theme that has occurred in my new lifestyle traveling around the world, picking up and actually moving to another country. Not just visiting the country but actually taking all my belongings that I have amassed in a grandiose medium size Nike duffle bag as well as […]
