I have a few ideas that I think are worth spreading. Not because they are fashionable or cool, but because they lead to greater freedom and opportunity for anyone who buys into them. One idea I am especially in favor of is the idea that everyone should be an entrepreneur or self-starter of their own [...]
Sometimes people wonder how they can afford to travel around the world. Part of it is geo-arbitrage, the reality that many places in the world are significantly cheaper than the modern nations of the West. I’ve written about my monthly costs in Colombia and Ecuador. Now, my costs are not as low as they could [...]
I just traveled through the country of Ecuador. In many ways, I was happy to be in a Latin American country, practicing my Spanish, and seeing new sites. At a certain point, though, I began to get tired of all the bullshit. You may have heard some of it via facebook and twitter, but eventually [...]
The other day I was chatting with a friend about his time in Brazil. He lived there for 2 years and had a blast. Interested to see what it would cost to return there, he looked up the exchange rate of Brazilian reals to US dollars today. The rate was BRL 1.57 to USD 1. [...]
