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I’m proud to announce that I will be making my cable network reality TV debut next spring.
About a year ago I received an email from a company called Leopard Films. It asked if I would like to be on a television show called House Hunters International.
Jeannie Mark (the Nomadic Chick) and I landed in Manila this morning (December 1st, 2011) at 2am and are now awaiting our room at the Where2Next hostel in the Malati district.
It is apparent to even the most casual observer that London is less than an outdoors adventure wonderland. With more than two millennia of history behind it, the British capital does, however, offer adventures of a more intellectual type.
Although it’s not an adventurers paradise, Berlin does offer several opportunities for thrill seekers. Numerous lakes mean that kiteboarding, windsurfing, and kayaking can all be done in Berlin. A large proportion of the city is forested as well, making casual hiking in Berlin a relaxing and convenient way to get outside.
Rock climbing in Cuba is one of the best outdoors activities in the country. The limestone faces in the western Vinales Valley overlook traditional Cuban villages providing a scenic and historic backdrop for a challenging climb. With over 4000 keys and islets scuba diving in Cuba is vast and varied. The predominantly flat and rolling landscape webbed with back roads means that mountain biking in Cuba is an ideal way to explore the countryside. The biking here is so idyllic that The Telegraph named cycling in Cuba one of their Top 20 Adventures for 2011.
We live in a society of excess. On television and the Internet everything needs to be bigger, stronger, faster, and have extra cheese. Even the most mundane house chores have been made extreme. Just look at the league of extreme ironing.
In the first part of this story, I quit my job to write and travel full-time. When looking for private insurance, I found that comparing insurance policies was a complex and difficult task. In this post I explain how I narrowed down my options and identified the most important items in a policy, and picked two policies that suited my situation.