I’ve been thinking for a long time of putting all the travel lifehacks in one place. Finally, I found time to give a birth to this post. Name speaks for itself. So, I hope you’ll enjoy!
COSTS
Basically, all travelling costs fall down in few categories: preparation, getting there, living there, eating there, sightseeing, having fun there & shopping there. We will cover them all, one by one.
1. Preparation
People often spend way too much money on preparation stage. Let me suggest few alternatives. Instead of buying expensive Lonely Planet (or whatever) guides, use free web-sites. If you travel to the country where clothes are cheap don’t buy them at home even if you need them. If you travel to the country where everything is more expensive, then make sure you buy all your sun sunscreens, swimsuits and sunglasses at home. Common sense, but people don’t do it surprisingly often.
Get started:
- Wikitravel is an incredibly useful crowd-sourced web-site that covers widest range of places and topic;
- Google maps will substitute those maps you would otherwise need to look for and buy;
- Youtube can also be a very useful tool for your research into the place you’re going to.
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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut
This weekend I’ve spent a couple of hours watching “Philosophy – Guide to happiness” series on youtube with my girlfriend. Most of them were quite interesting, so I decided why not to share a few on my blog?
We often think of philosophy as something too vague, up in the clouds and too far from reality. Creators of videos below tried to fix it by grasping the essence of the famous philosophers’ ideas, drawing the parallel with their own destinies and projecting them to our daily life.
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Yes, sometimes it means simplifying or even over-simplifiyng. And sometimes conclusions sound a little too banal, obvious and seemingly well-known. But still there are interesting insights and learnings to be applied in real life.
I don’t know for sure if watching these videos and attempt to apply the ideas from them will make you a happier person, but it is certainly worth watching and trying. What is surprising is that how little the world changed during last couple of thousand years and how these teachings are still vital nowadays.
I embedded the videos, so you won’t have to google them. There are 6 philosophers discussed, 3 videos for each one.
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There are so many “best iphone apps” lists out there, but most of them are generic. They include silly games and other time eaters. Enough!
I’ve decided to create a list of the iPhone apps with the specific focus. These are smart, not dull. And so will be you. For easier usage, I’ve divided all the apps into few categories and included sources where you can find them all for free. So, what are the best apps that were created since iPhone creation till the end of 2009?
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