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Fight Club quote we buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like
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Why the American Dream will forever remain a waking nightmare

October 23, 2013March 19, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

Admittedly that title was a bit of an exaggeration. But allow me to elaborate: It’s not so often that I run into the predicament that is the American Dream. The …

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Stupid Seven Wonders of the World
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Why the Seven Wonders of the World are totally stupid

October 18, 2013March 24, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

So I’ve had this conversation a few times: It’s weird how the Seven Wonders of the World list is so extraordinarily well known, yet somehow nobody knows what it really means. …

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Travel quotes, Gustave Flaubert
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25 great travel quotes for inspiring global adventures

October 13, 2013May 6, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

I’ve sometimes found it difficult to convey what travel means to me, especially when talking to people whose only image of travel involves a resort vacation spent entirely by the …

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5 ways to waste a perfectly good travel experience
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5 ways to waste a perfectly good travel experience

October 7, 2013March 24, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

We’ve all been there. Paradise. Off in the wonderful wilderness of elsewhere, a spring in our step, and a song in our hearts. I don’t know why songs would be in hearts. …

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English teaching summer camp, Taiwan.
Angry / Blog / Money / Musings / Rants / Tips

The problem with “how I afford to travel” posts

September 20, 2013March 19, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

I’ve noticed a weird pattern that emerges whenever long-term travelers talk about how they’re able to afford their lifelong travel adventures. Since money issues are at the top of the …

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6 big Polish stereotypes
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6 big Polish stereotypes that are kinda silly

September 8, 2013March 24, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

You know what’s weird? Sometimes ignorance is informative. Case in point: I never knew any Polish stereotypes growing up. It was only years after I went to Poland that I …

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10 big Russian stereotypes
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10 big Russian stereotypes (that are kinda true)

August 24, 2013May 6, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

Pretty much every time I tell people I’ve been to Russia, they ask me why I bothered going there, and how they picture it as just a bunch of babushkas …

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Stalingrad memorial monument, Volgograd, Russia
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Slavic people are allergic to glass

July 17, 2013March 19, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

A common refrain among backpackers swashbuckling their way through Eastern Europe is the disheartening observation of “no one ever smiles.” Well, it’s kinda true. If you’ve ever tried to deal …

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Awkwardly positioned and shamelessly titled hostel, Riga, Latvia
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You crazy kids and your plush party hostels!

July 12, 2013March 19, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

Allow me to share with you the depth of my experiences, the wisdom of my years, the precision of my insurmountable intellectual prowess, in this unmitigated burst of rantastical glory, …

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Mostar Bridge, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Every border is a crime against humanity

July 2, 2013June 26, 2016 - by SnarkyNomad

Nationality is a strange thing. To think that one’s identity would be so thoroughly determined by geography rather than self-determination may be a disquieting thought for some, but even the …

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The near-perfection of the Uniqlo Blocktech Parka

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