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Gas Prices Worldwide

Ever wonder how much you’re paying at the pump when you’re in a foreign country? Or perhaps even sitting at home you’re curious as to what other people around the world pay to get to and from work. Check out my easy-to-read table of the gas prices I encountered when traveling in 2011-2012.

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Currency Conversion Confusion!

Reprogramming your brain to think in a foreign currency can be difficult enough, but there are some countries that make this even more confusing!  Moreover, I found that some countries use the confusion and difficulty of currency conversions to their advantage to make the most money possible out of tourists! . . VIETNAM: . When I was in Vietnam, US$1

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Money Math Tricks

Ever wander into a country and realize that you have no idea what the conversion rate is? Usually before I travel, I research what the conversion rate is from my US dollar to what the currency is in the country I plan on visiting.  But sometimes, life takes you on a journey that you did not anticipate and then you’re

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How “Buffalo Wings” Got Their Name

. Ever wonder why buffalo wings are called “buffalo wings”?  I have.  I mean, seriously, lets think about this: [1] buffalos don’t have wings and if they did, the wings wouldn’t be that small.  And [2] if we called them “chicken wings,” we’d only be half correct because “wings” are 50% wings and 50% legs.OK, so what’s the deal?!  The

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English-to-English Language Barrier

Summer of 2010, I backpacked alone through parts of Europe.  I never thought about how I would communicate with people because, well, it was never a problem before… and it wasn’t a problem then…  That is until I met people whose native language was my own! What?!!  How does that make sense?!! Out of all the countries I traveled through

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