Working Nomad Comments http://www.workingnomad.com Welcome to the Working Nomad Blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Royston http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27140 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:27:04 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27140 I agree that learning a language is a great way to utilize your time. Apart from the social aspect, it's also good exercise for the brain and makes a change from just working on all things web-related. Anything that stimulates the old grey-matter has got to be good. When I was studying Thai, I found the discipline of attending classes at a set time helped me be more productive with my work projects. I also met some real characters who I wouldn't otherwise have met. I agree that learning a language is a great way to utilize your time. Apart from the social aspect, it’s also good exercise for the brain and makes a change from just working on all things web-related. Anything that stimulates the old grey-matter has got to be good.

When I was studying Thai, I found the discipline of attending classes at a set time helped me be more productive with my work projects. I also met some real characters who I wouldn’t otherwise have met.

]]> by: Webby http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27124 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:52:59 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27124 Thanks for the tip Gustafson but I am familiar with San Sebastian having been there twice now, in fact had the language school there not been do darn expensive compared to the rest of Spain I would have picked there! Valencia has a great beach but no surf unfortunately :( Thanks for the tip Gustafson but I am familiar with San Sebastian having been there twice now, in fact had the language school there not been do darn expensive compared to the rest of Spain I would have picked there!

Valencia has a great beach but no surf unfortunately :(

]]> by: Andy of HoboTraveler.com http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27108 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27108 I speak Spanish and French very well, however in the end learning a language is immersion in the culture. A few women, a few sleeping dictionaries and you will be arguing in Spanish, "Mas or Menos." Andy in Cusco, Peru, the land of Tourist asking silly questions. I speak Spanish and French very well, however in the end learning a language is immersion in the culture.

A few women, a few sleeping dictionaries and you will be arguing in Spanish,
“Mas or Menos.”
Andy in Cusco, Peru, the land of Tourist asking silly questions.

]]> by: Gustafson http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27107 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:15:55 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/315/having-something-to-get-out-of-bed-for/#comment-27107 You are lucky to be studying the Spanish language in a Spanish speaking country. It is waaaay easier to pick up that way. If you get a chance you should check out San Sabastian/Donostia. It is a small Basque town up north and has a pretty nice beach. I hear there is surfing near by too. -- Gustafson http://www.TheViewFromHome.com You are lucky to be studying the Spanish language in a Spanish speaking country. It is waaaay easier to pick up that way.

If you get a chance you should check out San Sabastian/Donostia. It is a small Basque town up north and has a pretty nice beach. I hear there is surfing near by too.

–
Gustafson
http://www.TheViewFromHome.com

]]> by: elnet http://www.workingnomad.com/305/happy-easter/#comment-27092 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:45:56 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/305/happy-easter/#comment-27092 I've made three trips to Sydney just to visit King's Cross. Loved hanging out there. Seemed safe, enjoyed VB (Victoria Bitters). Days at Bondi, drinking all nite at King's Cross, was heaven. I agree that KL is forgettable, though. I’ve made three trips to Sydney just to visit King’s Cross. Loved hanging out there. Seemed safe, enjoyed VB (Victoria Bitters). Days at Bondi, drinking all nite at King’s Cross, was heaven.

I agree that KL is forgettable, though.

]]> by: elnet http://www.workingnomad.com/312/google-the-big-sur-and-the-hitchiker/#comment-27091 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:27:03 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/312/google-the-big-sur-and-the-hitchiker/#comment-27091 Re: Homeless in California. A lot of homeless end up in Cali because of the tolerant attitudes and mild climate, (along with the alchoholics and druggies). But when you are down and out, where are you gonna go? Many states used to dump their indigent and homeless by giving them a one-way bus ticket to San Francisco, once there, they accumulate. Cali always gets a bad rap all around, but most people that live there are from "somewhere else". The comment on the "prosperous" state is actually why a lot of people become homeless as costs rise (house prices are outrageous), (rent, auto, gas, food, etc) and salaries don't increase, especially for the poor. As the US economy tanks, more layoffs will push more people to the streets. Did you notice the rent of a one bed room apartment, how you gonna keep an apartment that is twice your salary? Once you become homeless its almost imposssible to get out because you don't have a way to take a shower, store clothes to keep a job, can't afford a auto (if you could, would you be homeless???), etc. Yes, the rents are cheaper inland away from like LA, SF, San Diego, etc.. But then there is no or limited support for the poor and homeless. I am not trying to rag on you, just want the rest of the world to understand about why the large amount of homeless and not to get turned off to visiting. Re: Homeless in California. A lot of homeless end up in Cali because of the tolerant attitudes and mild climate, (along with the alchoholics and druggies). But when you are down and out, where are you gonna go? Many states used to dump their indigent and homeless by giving them a one-way bus ticket to San Francisco, once there, they accumulate. Cali always gets a bad rap all around, but most people that live there are from “somewhere else”. The comment on the “prosperous” state is actually why a lot of people become homeless as costs rise (house prices are outrageous), (rent, auto, gas, food, etc) and salaries don’t increase, especially for the poor. As the US economy tanks, more layoffs will push more people to the streets. Did you notice the rent of a one bed room apartment, how you gonna keep an apartment that is twice your salary? Once you become homeless its almost imposssible to get out because you don’t have a way to take a shower, store clothes to keep a job, can’t afford a auto (if you could, would you be homeless???), etc. Yes, the rents are cheaper inland away from like LA, SF, San Diego, etc.. But then there is no or limited support for the poor and homeless. I am not trying to rag on you, just want the rest of the world to understand about why the large amount of homeless and not to get turned off to visiting.

]]> by: adella http://www.workingnomad.com/42/nightlife-in-kuala-lumpur/#comment-27059 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:54:47 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/42/nightlife-in-kuala-lumpur/#comment-27059 totally wrong about the reggae bar. i live over here and i spend most nights of the week in that bar it is amazing and the staff are the least pushy staff i have met in a bar over here.you need to take your head out of your ass and think about things before judging something after only one vist! totally wrong about the reggae bar. i live over here and i spend most nights of the week in that bar it is amazing and the staff are the least pushy staff i have met in a bar over here.you need to take your head out of your ass and think about things before judging something after only one vist!

]]> by: stilloutthere http://www.workingnomad.com/313/it-aint-half-hot-mum-or-should-that-be-mom/#comment-24779 Wed, 21 May 2008 23:24:59 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/313/it-aint-half-hot-mum-or-should-that-be-mom/#comment-24779 There are some decent hostels. The one outside Yellowstone National Park is fine. I thought the one in Key West was OK. Savannah is awful. The one on Maui is full of windsurfers so you can't watch TV in the evenings because they look at windsurfing DVDs all night. There's no one to talk to, unless you are into windsurfing, but the hostel was fine, and the other Hawaiian ones were OK. It's just that if there are two of you, you can usually get a motel room for not much more, so they aren't very profitable. There are some decent hostels. The one outside Yellowstone National Park is fine. I thought the one in Key West was OK. Savannah is awful. The one on Maui is full of windsurfers so you can’t watch TV in the evenings because they look at windsurfing DVDs all night. There’s no one to talk to, unless you are into windsurfing, but the hostel was fine, and the other Hawaiian ones were OK. It’s just that if there are two of you, you can usually get a motel room for not much more, so they aren’t very profitable.

]]> by: Neale http://www.workingnomad.com/313/it-aint-half-hot-mum-or-should-that-be-mom/#comment-24693 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:31:14 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/313/it-aint-half-hot-mum-or-should-that-be-mom/#comment-24693 I recently took a few weeks off work & went to see a friend up in Arkansas & looped back throgh Georgia & SC the two nights I had booked in Hostels Where both Disasters nough said, Maybe I'm getting old but as you mentioned the motels here are cheap & decent all with wifi, I used hotwire for all my nights in hotels/motels & was never disapointed paying $40 - $50 each night. I recently took a few weeks off work & went to see a friend up in Arkansas & looped back throgh Georgia & SC the two nights I had booked in Hostels Where both Disasters
nough said, Maybe I’m getting old but as you mentioned the motels here are cheap & decent all with wifi, I used hotwire for all my nights in hotels/motels & was never disapointed paying $40 - $50 each night.

]]> by: Christine Gilbert http://www.workingnomad.com/312/google-the-big-sur-and-the-hitchiker/#comment-23773 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:33:25 +0000 http://www.workingnomad.com/312/google-the-big-sur-and-the-hitchiker/#comment-23773 Ok, so you look EXACTLY the same in every picture. You should just skip the traveling, photoshop a picture your head and paste it on a bunch of pictures. :P Ok, so you look EXACTLY the same in every picture. You should just skip the traveling, photoshop a picture your head and paste it on a bunch of pictures. :P

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