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Dispatches from The Arabian Coast

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Laura Jedeed
Apr 26, 2025
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The problem with knowing how to travel cheap is that expensive is a choice. No “eh, this is probably the best I can do” or “don’t all meals cost $15 here?” I could be spending $22 per night right now on a hotel that has everything I need, maybe $10 per day on food, as I’ve done for the past week and a half. Instead, tonight, I am paying over $100 to sta…

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