I am now again gainfully employed - and I bet you'll never guess where! STA Travel has seen it in their hearts (aka pocketbooks) to take me back. So after an almost 2 mon
th hiatus or outside-imposed sabtical as I call it, I'm back to being a travel agent. This time however I am spending my days at the Denver office in the historic Tivoli Center (right), meaning that I now commute from Boulder. At first I was a little skeptical on how the comutting would go but since I take the bus (which stops very close by to both my work and my house) it has turned out to be greatly beneficial for many reasons. First I get about an hour and a half of reading or sleeping time every day on the bus ride as well as about an hour of daily exercise walking to and from the bus stops.As for the office itself, it is practically a mansion compared to the store in Boulder where I worked (a glorified broom closet). I'm still trying to remember all the tricks of the trade and the Sabre system as well as getting back into the habit of actually waking up early in the morning, but let me tell you how nice it is to see that pretty little pay check deposited in the ol' account again! That will induce me to do almost anything (within reason of course).
So in celebration and honor of my renewed relationship with STA here's a little travel advice, courtesy of Lonely Planet's Blue List.
 | 5 tips for happy travel (Or: The Wisdom of Retrospect) By: HappyGecko - 12 Jan 2006 |   Rating: 3.03 49 votes |
| Keywords: Worldwide, food poisoning, toilet, hairstyles | ||
| not play “chicken” with a Tata truck (Nepal) Your hired tin-box taxi is no match for these monster-trucks protected by blessings of marigolds, Hindu icons and Christmas tinsel. Encourage your driver to adopt "might is right" as a new mantra. Plan to pack crash helmet next time. And Valium. WorldGuide: Nepal | ||
| Think carefully before trusting a Thai beauty salon (Thailand) Tropical sun and cheap beer may inspire exotic hairstyles. If you want braided extensions avoid hairdressers wielding orange horsetails and tubes of superglue. Especially if they don't know how to plait. Sober up and remember you are not Snoop Dogg. WorldGuide: Thailand | ||
| Beware of prawn curry on overland flights (Thailand) Kinda obvious? Prawn curry = landing, grabbing a cab and taking the first hotel room, with toilet, that you find. Realise in the morning the hotel is a brothel (how did you miss the hire a lady-boy sign??) Beef is always a wiser choice, or go hungry. WorldGuide: Thailand | ||
| Choose your toilet stop wisely (Nepal) You think the hillside where buckets of washing water are tipped is an OK night toilet? No! Himalayan temperatures turn water to ice. In darkness you tumble, pants down, mooning the moon. Not a good way to meet campers sleeping at bottom of hill. WorldGuide: Nepal | ||
| Chew thoroughly – the Heimlich manoeuvre may not be known (Egypt) Masticate well in cruising restaurants. Being whacked on the back by your spunky Arabian host shatters the Nile’s ambience. So does regurgitating the hunk'o'chunk like a snake eating a rat in reverse. Next time, order soup of you want to flirt. WorldGuide: Egypt | ||
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