I ran across an interesting blog entry by Paul Kedrosky that mentions the four worst currencies relative to the dollar, which all of a sudden is a great currency to have (bloody hell).
Top four countries to travel to right now.
1. Hungary
2. Iceland
3. Pakistan
4. Argentina
I was previously planning on going to Argentina over January to climb glaciers and hunt for elk, but that trip has fallen through due to the current global economic meltdown and the fact that flights cost a lot over the Christmas period to fly there. Hopefully Argentina remains depressed so I can go out there. For me, hunting bears in Iceland and eating bear goulash in Hungary are in the plans for 2009. No offense to any Pakistanis that read this blog, but it may be a while before I go to Pakistan. And by a while, I mean when the US takes over China.
Are you thinking Paris, Rome, and Barcelona? Fdat…think Eastern Europe. Apparently there are just three countries left that will give you bang for your buck in this shit-dollar, great-Euro world. I remember when I had to change currencies with every country I went to in Europe…no mas. Now we’re left with three:
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
Let me know which one you want to visit and I’m happy to plan the trip. I have been to Budapest, which I thought was a brilliant city in Hungary. I also have experience with Romania, having built many web application security measures to thwart their social engineering attacks….so it’d be nice to say hi to them.
Also, I recommend you watch Hostel and Hostel 2 to get you hyped up for your trip, stag.
Buy these for international travel. You will thank me when you are trying to fly on a red eye flight. You could get the cheap ones (which may work fine), or you could get the one I have, which is made out of foam, silver, and kryptonite. It works well…I highly recommend it. That said, you really only need it on coach flights longer than 2 hours.
Apparently there are newer designs for travel pillows. While mine looks like a horseshoe as show here:
My style of travel pillow
Newer contraptions include interesting designs like the one shown below sold here. Good luck trying to get one on a plane as a carry on.
Only take this on a plane if you actually look like the person here (or wear that lady’s dress)
Then there is a new class of travel pillows that look like a little pod. I don’t know how they work but they’re supposed to work better than the old school kind that I have which actually works just fine. You are welcome to try it at EZSleep.com.
Let me know how it goes if you try one of these things
