It was not that long ago most of the banks in Asia had where you could withdraw money fee free, then you were just getting hit with the credit card fees that your bank was charging you, which for some people like the ones that the fees would mean nothing to, the ones with lots of money in the bank or the ones from special interest groups like the US government savings and loans, would not get hit, but all other’s would get creamed, finally in the US the banks are getting ready for the new Cre... Read Full Story

I was using Cebu Pacific last month for the cheapest flights Bangkok to Manila and I could not help to compare them to Air Asia from several years ago, they had problems with the internet for booking flights, and they would sometimes do things that were not all that bright, but at the heart of it they both provide REALLY cheap flights in Asia.Air Asia if you can book way in advance has deals like the ones below if you know when you need a cheap flight this is a great deal Free flights!AirAsi... Read Full Story

Aspen airport has closures for various reasons most often for wind and snow. Many times when Aspen is closed, other Colorado airports like Eagle Vail, Rifle, Grand Junction and Denver International, DIA are open and flights are coming in and out. Aspen Airport Shuttles can get you to these other Colorado airports, even on some of the worst Aspen snow days to catch your connecting flights. Aspen has a bus shuttle that goes Denver to Aspen whose main advantage is being one of the least expensi... Read Full Story

Let’s start off with a little reality check, Hawaii is not a cheap place to visit, even with a recession going on there are still a lot of people that want to go to Hawaii. Sure there are some holiday vacation deals that are out there to bring you to Waikiki Hawaii, but you will find that once you get here that the prices are still much higher than the what you would find else where in the USA. Having said that, there is a reason why Hawaii and Waikiki are famous as tourist destinations and ... Read Full Story

Swine flu article I recieved some more information on this today I thought that it wss good enough advise on how to avoid swine flu in Asia budget travel. I espically like it as the ingrediants needed are very inexpensive and readly available. You can use this on Asia cheap flights where I am not sure but I suspect that I might have all ready gotten it from several weeks ago in the Philippines. They are saying it is not a problem here which I am finding hard to believe as people cough stra... Read Full Story

Aspen Airport   I am kind of a lucky guy as I get to spend a lot of time at Aspen Airport  during the winter ski season, and the place is always changing, often with the weather. The thing that I like the most is watch the people coming in to Aspen, as there are all sorts from A list entertainment celebrities, corporate executives, to snow boarders coming into Aspen for the Winter X Games put on here every year for over 10 years by ESPN.   Aspen airport has 2 terminals b... Read Full Story

Here is another free thai cooking Class reciepe. We are sticky there on the Cheap Charlies site for the time being some time in the future we will probbably make a new blog specificly for Isan House Thai Cooking"Tom-Kha-Gai" Spicy Chicken Soup with Coconut MilkIngrediants200g Chicken breast sliced100g straw mushrooms cut in to half3 kaffir lime leaves tkorn into pieces2 Sticks lemongrass cut into 1" long5 galangal sliced thinly2 thai coriander leaves cut 1" long3-6 Red small chillies bruised... Read Full Story

Ever wonder how to cook Thai Sticky rice? well read below. we are very excited as we are getting a Bangkok thai cooking giving us tips on how to cook Thai Style'Khaaw Neow"is sticky rice in Thai. Sticky rice is a different grain of rice from plain rice and it is eaten mainly in the north and notheast of thailand.Itis eaten by hands. The sticky rice needs to be soaked in water for at least 3 hour or over night before it is cooked. Than taken out of the water and steamed about 15 minutes unti... Read Full Story

I love Thai food and espically love Penang curry which is a dry red curry that i first had in Cambodia in Siem Reap hotel in Angkokr Wat years ago. This Thai Cooking recipie comes from the Isan House Thai Cooking school in Bangkok. I have to confes the main reason I am sticking it here on the blog is so I can find it when I get to Aspen Co to drive Asepn airport limousines around Colorado.Here.u r ! Panaeng Moo reciepe " Dry pork curry " 250 g. can be pork or beef, cut in to stirips .31/2 ta... Read Full Story

For Cebu cheap flights in the Philippines there are not a whole lot of options Cebu Pacific and Philippines Air are going to be your best choices, there are some other options like Sea Air but they are on the smaller regional airlines and you run the risk of cancelled flights and they so not run up to the tower. Also you might find yourself at one of the older terminals which are a pain to get to the other terminals once you are there. We were having fits trying to book Cebu Pacific flights... Read Full Story