#destination reports

Monuments and Manty in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

I’ve been to a lot of capital cities around the world in my decades of travel, but none of them have been anything like Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A lot of the elements you expect to find in a big city just aren’t here: there’s no heavy traffic, no skyscrapers, no sidewalks so crowded it’s hard to […] Want to live a better life for half the price? Sign up for the Cheap Living Abroad Newsletter.…

Meeting Monkeys, Sleeping With Nuns, and Finding Love in China

I schedule the narrative travel stories in Perceptive Travel according to what writers have turned in as the year goes by, but sometimes we end up with themes emerging in an issue without even trying. In this one we’ve got three stories from Asia. Two of the three inolve primates. One article involves an actual […] Want to live a better life for half the price? Sign up for the Cheap Living Abroad…

How to Get Around Tampa Bay Without a Car

It’s no secret that most American cities were built for the age of cars and autos have taken precedence in urban planning since WWII. Florida’s population also exploded in the age of air conditioning, which means there isn’t much of an urban core in metro areas like Tampa Bay. Add to that a Republican state […] Want to live a better life for half the price? Sign up for the Cheap Living Abroad…