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I found this excellent hostel (HQ Hostel) in Bangkok, Thailand just the other day. It’s very affordable and modern.

This hostel is located in the center of Bangkok. It’s with in walking distance of the all the major attractions and major transportation hubs.

Check out their website to see more pictures and video’s of the place.

Before Redbox, was libaries and book, a small town in Westbury-sub-Mendip, England turned old phones booths into “old school Redboxes”. With that said I found this article on Been-Seen.Com and thought it was worth sharing.   Check out the full article.

Open Air markets are one of the oldest way of selling goods in any culture.  Also one of the best ways to understand a local culture. These markets share a lot about what local economy looks like especially in a third world country.

Since supermarkets or grocery stores are only found in westernized cultures. The majority of world get their fresh produced from local markets. This is a great way to hang out with the locals and learn first hand about the local cultures and get a way from the tourist hot stop. Also you can get some pretty sweet deals on local fruits and gifts to take home.

This website ( Openairmarket.com ) is a pretty good resource to find local markets across the world and the US, but when all else fails ask a local.

Odds are that if your phone is a smartphone (iphone, Blackberry, or Treo) your phone will work in most country. The down side to having a phone that works just about everywhere is will be pay anywhere from $3.00 to $10.00/ min if you aren’t careful.

A Few Tips to make sure you aren’t suck with a huge bill.

1. Check with your wireless provider to see what your options are for when traveling abroad. Personally if i am traveling only for about a month or less I will buy the international plan for my iPhone, because It allows me to browse the web, and use skype to make cheap calls.
2. The best route for most people would just be a buy  a simple prepaid phone in the country they are going. Most people with choose this method only when they will be using the phone for emergency’s and special events.

Allow phones are nice anther cost effective way of communicating when abroad is good old fashion e-mail. With the abunance of internet cafes throughout the world it makes it easy to use the internet to say in touch without even buy a phone. Not to mention that it is super cheap to use.