A little cut or abrasion on your foot can easily lead to an infection and an otherwise unnecessary medical situation if wearing sandals.
Travel Gear
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My Experience Traveling On A Folding Bicycle
Why a folding bicycle is the ultimate vagabonding machine.
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SpareOne Emergency International Mobile Phone Review
Worried about not having a phone to call home abroad when you need one? Check out this international emergency mobile phone.
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SupertoothHD: Low-dimension quality for high-tech travelers
A review of the Supertooth HD bluetooth device. Does it meet the demands of the modern digital nomad?
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Travel and Snap Photos Hands-Free with JOBY Micro and GorillaPod Stands
About photography, this much is true: gone are the days of the big, unwieldy, fold-up tripod. Photographers have the market at their fingertips when it comes to camera stabilization – type in “tripod” in Amazon to yield more than 134,000 products from the lightweight to the complex. Among them you will find various members of [...]
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Pollution Masks For China
The most insane thing about modern China may be the fact that it’s not out of the ordinary, strange, or conspicuous to walk through city streets wearing a mask. The Chinese wear these masks for many reasons, one is to filter out pollution. 2013 has so far been a record year for air pollution in [...]
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SteriPEN Freedom UV Purifier: A Bridge over Troubled Water
When I first got wind of the SteriPEN, I knew I had to get my hands on one and share the results with those fearless Vagabond readers who venture to go where no aristocrat has gone before: to the lands of impure water. Brita is not a household name in the third world, and a [...]
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5 Travel Apps That Are Actually Useful (and 5 That Aren’t)
If I see a major magazine or blog publish another “Best Apps of XXXX” story, I’m turning it into wrapping paper. Too many times have I read these “reviews” only to find that not only is it clear that the apps haven’t even been tested (the trifling articles offer no evidence of such), but the [...]
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China’s Magic Travel Weapons: Body Stands, Ostrich Pillows, and Neck Braces
Everybody who has ever traveled has been here: You’re riding on a bus or in a seat on a train for a long journey. You begin getting a little drowsy, your head starts to teeter, and all of a sudden you feel your face fall upon either the shoulder of the passenger sitting next to [...]
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Should I Travel With A Backpack Rain Cover?
Personally, I’ve never used a rain cover for any of my backpacks — they’ve just always seemed unnecessary. Most contemporary backpacks are pretty water resistant. If you’re out in an all out downpour for a long time, sure, they’ll leak, but if you’re just going from place to place (like from a hostel to a [...]
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