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Things I LOVE and HATE about China’s Future Crown Jewel Shanghai

By Robert Schrader on April 26, 2012 in Asia, Central Asia, China, Featured, Photos, Shanghai

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Shanghai is, by some accounts, the largest city-proper in the world. It is China’s futuristic-looking crown jewel, a monument to the breakneck growth of the Chinese economy and, if all goes as planned, a preview...

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When Men of Sober Age Travel

By Robert Schrader on April 26, 2012 in Austin, North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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Although I reside in Austin, Texas, I see the city as more of a recharge zone than a home. I live my life here in a simple, structured and often solitary manner.Last Wednesday, I made...

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Lessons From the Road: What the Third World Has Taught Me

By Robert Schrader on April 24, 2012 in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Europe, Featured, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, North America, Pacific, Photos, South America, Southeast Asia, USA

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Like many travel addicts, I have traveled extensively in the developing world: Southeast Asia, India, The Middle East and South America, where costs of lodging, transport and food are low, even for people like me,...

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Traveling Through Australia on a Bus

By Robert Schrader on April 23, 2012 in Australia, Featured, Pacific, Photos

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It may be generally expensive to travel in Australia, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get around the country for (relatively) inexpensively. For example if you want to do it on a shoestring, you can...

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The Devarana Spa in Bangkok for a Little Luxury

By Robert Schrader on April 23, 2012 in Asia, Bangkok, Featured, Photos, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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As a backpacker, I don’t often get to experience luxury when I travel, so when I was invited to enjoy a morning of pampering at Bangkok’s Devarana Spa, I jumped at the opportunity. “Devarana” translates...

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Living On The Road: Needs & Obstacles

By Robert Schrader on April 21, 2012 in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Mexico, New Zealand, North America, Pacific, Photos, South America, Southeast Asia, USA

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Travel is transformative by default: Traveling allows you to feel emotions, encounter situations and meet people to which you would be completely oblivious if you stayed at home.Unless you’re a super high-end traveler, traveling also...

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Logistics, Politics & Sentiments of Traveling to Israel & Palestine

By Robert Schrader on April 19, 2012 in Featured, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Photos, Tel Aviv

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I have traveled to Israel twice thus far. The first time, in September 2010, I was naive and bushy-tailed, knowing little more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than what the American media reported. When I saw...

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Exploring the Top-Notch Australia Zoo

By Robert Schrader on April 11, 2012 in Australia, Events, Featured, Pacific, Photos

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I was reluctant to visit the Australia Zoo for a number of reasons, the first of them being that’s it a zoo. Sure, it was the zoo of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin and all that...

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Robert Schrader

Robert Schrader is a travel writer and photographer who’s been roaming the world independently since 2005, writing for publications such as “CNNGo” and “Shanghaiist” along the way. His blog, Leave Your Daily Hell, provides a mix of travel advice, destination guides and personal essays covering the more esoteric aspects of life as a traveler.

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Things I LOVE and HATE about China’s Future Crown Jewel Shanghai

When Men of Sober Age Travel

Lessons From the Road: What the Third World Has Taught Me

Traveling Through Australia on a Bus

The Devarana Spa in Bangkok for a Little Luxury

Living On The Road: Needs & Obstacles

Logistics, Politics & Sentiments of Traveling to Israel & Palestine

Exploring the Top-Notch Australia Zoo

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