People always ask me why Aspen Co for the winter when you spend all of your time in Asia in the warm parts and the answer is that it is one of the most spectacular places that I have ever been to and as many times as I have been in the Roaring Fork Valley I feel compelled to keep comming back.I was looking at Google Earth the other day looking for a particular road in Snowmass and I started to drift off and saw this back way into the mountains that would very quickly get you into a very wild ... Read Full Story

Yesterday as part of the insanity that is part & parcel of my life of cheap asia travel writer took me to of all places a thai wedding dress shop and the lady was so sweet and humble check out the video below. So why my humble readers may ask was cheap charley at a Bangkok Wedding Dress makers shop and the reason is simple I am helping a friend who owns a Bangkok cheap hotel ThaiHouse on Sukhumvit get her business found on the inrternet. My long term goal with this is too show people that w... Read Full Story

Cheap Travel AsiaI have been out on the road in Asia for the past 8 months and I am defiantly seeing some really good deals. In the past 3 months especially as there are fewer travelers, so business owners are interested in getting heads in beds so that they can make their monthly nut and stay open. The best hotel deals are when you can stay for a while like 7 days or more. In the Philippines I recently stayed at the Westpoint in and was paying around $17 a night for a very clean, large, ... Read Full Story

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