{"id":364856,"date":"2017-06-10T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/?p=364856"},"modified":"2017-06-20T20:37:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T20:37:51","slug":"my-top-10-basic-rules-for-non-business-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/my-top-10-basic-rules-for-non-business-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 10 Basic Rules for Non-Business Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"
After years of travel, these are the 10 basic rules of travel I’ve developed.   I will  be telling you the same, if you go to Chicago, Paris, New York, Egypt, Japan  or Santiago– no difference.<\/div>\n
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  1. Be a smart traveler:  Do not get into dark alleys,  be aware of your surroundings, travel light, trust your instincts. . <\/li>\n
  2. When in-transit,  keep your passport inside ZipBag on your money belt.  Also keep 40 or 50 US dollars with it ( remember to take money out of passport when handing passport to border official or officer). <\/li>\n
  3. Carry only a small purse or backpack with stuff you do not care if someone runs with it. <\/li>\n
  4.  Keep spending  money handy –  in purse or pants –  also useful in case you need to “give to somebody”<\/li>\n
  5. When in doubt, pause and say to yourself, what would an Aussie do? ( they are the most fun and wise travelers I’ve encountered)<\/li>\n
  6. Hotel may request your passport for safe keeping –  DO NOT forget it when you check out. <\/li>\n
  7. Eat well.  drink bottled water (  watch your open drinks.) <\/li>\n
  8. Do not rush. Enjoy the little things.<\/li>\n
  9.  Be prepared for the unexpected- especially in South America.- if it happens,  do not worry too much about it.  It will all work out \ud83d\ude42   (Stuck at the bottom of an active volcano – someone will appear to help out of nowhere)<\/li>\n
  10. Most people are good. Make friends, interact, have fun.  However,  trust only a few! <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Cheers!<\/div>\n
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    After years of travel, these are the 10 basic rules of travel I’ve developed.   I will  be telling you the same, if you go to Chicago, Paris, New York, Egypt, Japan  or Santiago– no difference.   Be a smart traveler:  Do not get into dark alleys,  be aware of your surroundings, travel light, trust your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,468],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-364856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journey","category-thoughts-ramblings","tag-travel"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":17,"label":"Journey"},{"value":468,"label":"Thoughts and Ramblings"}],"post_tag":[{"value":54,"label":"travel"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-04-19-12.27.08-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jorge Pereira","author_link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/author\/jorge\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":17,"name":"Journey","slug":"journey","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":318,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":17,"category_count":318,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Journey","category_nicename":"journey","category_parent":0},{"term_id":468,"name":"Thoughts and Ramblings","slug":"thoughts-ramblings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":478,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":230,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":468,"category_count":230,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Thoughts and Ramblings","category_nicename":"thoughts-ramblings","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":54,"name":"travel","slug":"travel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":58,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}