By Rolf Potts
Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. He is currently working on a book about the concept of time wealth.
Not so long ago, I took a winter trip to Rio de Janeiro during Carnival season. Instead of staying near a fashionable beach like Ipanema or a storied tourist district like Copacabana, I got a room in an inexpensive guesthouse in the slightly seedy Catete neighborhood. Instead of eating at fancy restaurants, I got food for a fraction of the cost from street kiosks and juice bars. I took day-trips to quieter beaches north and south of the city and attended joyously raucous soccer games at Maracanã Stadium...[continued]
