I think that more and more Americans will be heading out of the U.S. when they retire as inflation makes it harder to retire here.Panama has already stopped allowing American expats to head down there to retire as they were getting more than they wanted. Jesus, mix in a paragraph every once in a wh...

Great trip report Hanno!

IraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:37 am “Peaceful transition of power” ..... do you really believe the left will concede defeat gracefully if they lose?

stopping the Coup

I don't think you'll need to worry about that.

Sasquatch has some good recommendations. I loved the Museum of Anthropology, but your mileage may vary. Chapultepec and Teotihuacan are definitely must sees. La Opera is a cantina where they still (allegedly) have the bullet hole in the ceiling from Pancho Villa. It's more than a bit touristy, but i...

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:10 amWhat is "DF"?

Distrito Federal - Mexico City. The street food there is tremendous. Hard to know what to recommend as I don't know your interests.

It does look interesting, but not sure I'm ready to shell out $40 for a 292 page book. Amazon Link.

Has anyone here actually read this? From the VOA interview linked, it seems that this book covers some pretty well trod territory, though I could certainly be mistaken.

I actually believe that he is one of the most active and annoying posters on TOF, one who has never posted anything even slightly relevant to Cambodia but who likes to push his American agenda. Honestly, as an American, I kind of take offense at that. This guy spoke for himself, not for me, not for...

I'm really surprised by a number of the replies on this thread. Bit of an eye opener, and more than a little depressing.

explorer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:14 pm If you watch the video, there is no doubt they would have seen the truck coming, and how fast it was going. They should have given way to the truck, and would still be alive.

When a truck collides with a motorbike, the truck always wins.

Blaming the dead tourists seems a bit over the top.

Do these products even exist? The website seems to be using stock photos of bathrooms and then Photoshopping all sorts of random images on in the hopes that someone will order them and they'll run some up on their vinyl sticker printing machine. Who the hell puts stickers on their toilet anyway? It...