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No Time To Travel?

December 14, 2011 By Bob Bales 4 Comments

  I love traveling to foreign locations. There is just something about experiencing a foreign land. I also love reading blogs and travel sites that talk about traveling to foreign lands. But what do you do if you don’t have the time to travel or the money needed for an international trip? Most people don’t look at where they live from the eyes of a tourist. I mean … [Read more...]

Top 10 Must Have Android Travel Apps

December 9, 2011 By Bob Bales 5 Comments

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While looking at the best Android Travel Apps for travel purposes there are so many to chose from. I decided to eliminate from the list city guides, hotel specific guides, airline guides and the major reservation sites. I also eliminated all specific discount Apps  like AAA because not everyone is a member of such organizations. I instead focused on Travel Apps that everyone … [Read more...]

Travel Tips For a Great Vacation

November 16, 2011 By Bob Bales 4 Comments

    For weeks you have been reading blogs about round the world travel, backpacking in the Amazon and volunteering to help disadvantaged monkeys on a private game preserve in Kenya. You have watched every episode on the Travel Channel with Anthony Bourdain eating street food in Borneo and the most expensive Hotels in the world. You have researched all the … [Read more...]

Top 10 Travel Safety Tips

September 3, 2011 By Bob Bales 3 Comments

By Dimorsitanos (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons   Traveling abroad can be exciting, fun, adventurous, inspiring and memorable. You don't want those memories to come from an unpleasant incident, especially one that might have been prevented. … [Read more...]

Important Things to Add to Your Packing List

April 13, 2011 By Bob Bales 2 Comments

Image by nathangibbs via Flickr I do a lot of traveling and I pack what I need taking into consideration where I am going and how long I will be gone. But these are things I always do no matter where my travels take me and so far it has worked out pretty good. … [Read more...]

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Profile Flipped Hi and welcome to The Traveling Fool. Born with a passion of learning about the history of different cultures, Bob Bales (aka The Traveling Fool) enjoys discovering people and places he finds off the beaten path that most tourists don’t know about. Often found with a cigar in one hand and a good whiskey in the other, Bob likes to write about what makes those people and places he visits special. Being retired military and having lived, worked and traveled from Europe to Asia and North America there is always a history and story to be told. To learn more about The Traveling Fool check out my About Me page.

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