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very green city, beautiful trees everywhere.

I just got to Panama City, Panama yesterday, buses are a flat $0.25 regardless of distance and the Metro is a flat $0.50 regardless of distance.

took the train for ~8 mi into town to get to my hotel for $0.50.

ate at a Korean BBQ buffet and saw a bunch of mapaches(raccoons) that apparently live along the Pacific Coast here.

with all the fashionable dress, performing arts theaters and bodegas around, it feels a lot like a casual New York City, moreso than any other central city I've been in abroad so far.

it has that "yeah, we're killing it" vibe.

bonus slice of life episode in which I ramble on about many things in particular.

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Take it all in.Walking is a very comfortable way to travel and will afford you with countless opportunities to learn and engage with the world around you.When you get tired, take a nap.After the nap, take a walk.

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hello, Xela and my deliberately chosen weird airbnb.

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I lived in a 1980 Winnebago Brave for a little under a year and absolutely loved the convenience, comfort and free rent.

I would live in one again because I don't feel like I got all my kicks out the first time.

I still look up prices now and then to make sure they're still pretty cheap in the states.

Gotta give it up for something that isn't easier than traveling abroad, but still way easier and cheaper than living in a stationary home.RVs are cheap, abundant and provide all the comforts of home, while costing hundreds of times less.

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Ramble Ooooon

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What is the minimum amount of money you need to start traveling long term?About $200 bucks to a nearby country, $500 pretty much anywhere. Details inside.

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bonus episode about many things in particular.

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I have a hundred of these (beer-fried roast duck, rice tamales, gelato. gelato!) and I'm wondering what foods everyone else discovered or tried later than they wish they had.

Back on the sauce! So many good sauces in China.

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Casual rambling about birthdays, birds, and brr...the Last of Us 2

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Travel is frugal, travel is cheap.You can pick your budget, but if you are looking to save money, then travel is the way to go.

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I always feel like the hands-free bidet is sneaking up on me, I prefer the control and manual aim/pressure of the gun.

Noggin thougts.

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Tomorrow, The Burning of Judas.

every year during semana de la Santa, the holy week, Guatemalans dress up as Roman soldiers and ceremonially chase Judas through the streets for his betrayal.

tomorrow they're going to build effigies of Judas and burn them.

this picture is the front of a procession of 20 or so school children dressed like Roman soldiers ceremonially chasing down Judas.

some of the processions last for a whole street so I had to dodge six different processions today to try and get back to my neighborhood.

If I ignored every other of the countless reasons I love traveling, bidets alone would be enough.Bidets have significantly improved my life as well as the hygiene of the entire world, and they're only on the rise!Get on that hygiene.

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If I ignored every other of the countless reasons I love traveling, bidets alone would be enough.

Bidets have significantly improved my life as well as the hygiene of the entire world, and they're only on the rise!

Get on that hygiene.

Welcome to the first episode of Ramble On, a casual companion podcast where I'll talk about everyday goings-on each week.

Main episodes will still be out every Wednesday, Ramble On companion episodes come out Saturdays if I have somebody to respond to or something to talk about.

Thanks for listening, have a good one!

I stayed here for $90 a month(like it was last month) for 3 months.

Long Island iced tea buckets are also $4 at the bar at this location, by the byyy. plus there's a filtered full-size pool next to the bar/restaurant area.

no contest. between good, cheap, accessible food, free and culturally accepted camping, beautiful landscapes and vistas, bidets and most of all, public BATHS, Japan wins.

If you are a backpacker, you'll love Japan.

If you want to try backpacking for the first time, there's no easier onboard than Japan.

Between podcast episodes, I'll share some general travel information.

While A Tribe Called Quest may not have been talking directly to you, or about traveling, they still got it right.

If you are wondering if you can travel, the answer is overwhelmingly yes.  Hundreds of people who have never traveled before have asked me from all walks of life, at all ages, in any number of circumstances and my answer after hearing about their lives, has always been yes, they can travel.

My favorite foods living in China.  I tried to think of one favorite food and came up with 15 immediately, so there'll be a few episodes of favorites.

啤酒烤鸭(Beer-fried duck), 西红柿鸡蛋面(tomato egg noodle soup), 红烧牛肉(soy-braised beef), 麻辣蒜薹腊肉(numbspicy garlic scapes with Chinese bacon) and my favorite Chinese sandwich, or, one of only two anyway(teaser) - 驴肉火烧(donkey jalapeno panini).

Have you been to China or enjoy Chinese food? What Chinese foods do you like?