Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

Sep 244 min read

Do You Have Any Interest In Sri Lanka? You Should... It's A Pretty Groovy Place

And An Anti-Austerity Marxist President Was Sworn In Yesterday The first time I went to Sri Lanka — then Ceylon— was in 1970 and I drove…...

Aug 164 min read

Fixing The Price Of Hotel Room Rates— And Apartment Rentals— Violates The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

I’ve been traveling to NYC less recently because the hotel prices in the places I’ve always stayed have sky-rocketed. They were never...

Apr 265 min read

Airplane Travel: I’m So Old That I Remember When… Flying Was A Joy

The airlines thought of themselves as a service industry and competed with other airlines to make every customer feel important,...

Feb 612 min read

Another Random Page From My Memoir— Sri Lanka

I met Charlie on the steps of American Express in Delhi in 1969. We all used American Express to pick up our mail from back home in those...

Jan 74 min read

I Didn't Expect The Worst Thing About My Trip To India To Be The Air

Security precautions at airports still seem designed to encourage people to forgo travel. Even as a Known Traveler entitled to TSA...

Jul 24, 20233 min read

Before Cell Phones, Before Internet... And Now

When I was born, the price of mailing a letter was 3 cents, which it had been from 1932. (The inflation-adjusted price was around 25...

Jul 2, 20234 min read

Found: Old Travel Documents

You needed all kinds of documents to drive successfully from Europe to India, starting with a passport, of course, and visas for many of...

Apr 25, 20234 min read

Back From Two Weeks In Thailand

It’s 4 AM. I’m in Bangkok, getting ready to fly home after 2 weeks in the sweltering 100 degree heat. It’s even steaming hot at 4 AM. I’m...

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