Raul
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I Know Now Why Rome Is the Eternal City
More Details: I Know Now Why Rome Is the Eternal CityRome is eternal, the Eternal City! That much has been said before about it. But it keeps proving true over and over for me… I just went for my third time, this time for the longest visit yet (about 6 days). I never seem to get to a spot anywhere near “I feel like I…
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Guest Blogger: Travel Etiquette Faux-Pas that Make for a Bitchy Traveler
More Details: Guest Blogger: Travel Etiquette Faux-Pas that Make for a Bitchy TravelerIlivetotravel Note: I saw this post on a friend’s Facebook page and thought it was a perfect reflection on what we, the very-frequent flyers, put up with in the less glamourous type of travel called “business travel”. Enjoy and thanks to Ashley (@mybookfetish) for a great post! ======================================================================== That’s me. I’m a bitchy traveler. I…
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Ski Gear – from Hell?
More Details: Ski Gear – from Hell?Imagine… 10,000 years from now. Civilization has disappeared. Climate change eliminate snowfall. And some visitors come to the planet to find many items humans had used. Many will make sense, others will only make sense if they see videos/pictures, and yet others will never, ever, make sense to them. I just used some of those…
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First Experiences in Tanzania – Arrival in Dar es Salaam and Heading to Work
More Details: First Experiences in Tanzania – Arrival in Dar es Salaam and Heading to WorkBefore the days of this blog, I would send periodic emails to family and friends about my travel. At first it was report that I’d made it to wherever and then I started adding some of the things I was seeing for no real reason other than I wanted to tell someone about anything interesting…
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Musings of a Frequent Traveler Point Chaser
More Details: Musings of a Frequent Traveler Point ChaserA friend confessed to me a couple of months ago that he had become a mile/point whore with airlines and hotels. I laughed because I related to what he was saying though perhaps my interest wasn’t to the level of obsession as may have been the case with him. That is, until I started thinking……
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My First Landing in Europe – Spain via Amsterdam
More Details: My First Landing in Europe – Spain via AmsterdamBack in early 1992, a couple of friends and I had the flash thought that we needed to go to the Olympics in Barcelona that summer. Why not, right? As we started reading about Spain we decided we needed to check out a few places besides Barcelona which was bound to be zoo-like during the…
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An Austin Tweetup
More Details: An Austin TweetupI never thought I’d be part of something called a “tweetup” but last Friday I found myself traveling to Austin, TX to take part in one… How did I get there? Well, I often participate in Twitter on travel chats and through that eventually connected with three 3 people that I enjoyed “chatting” with via Twitter. …
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Experiencing Good Food and Views in Trinidad and Tobago
More Details: Experiencing Good Food and Views in Trinidad and TobagoIt all started with a friend telling me: “I am going to visit my cousin in Trinidad & Tobago over Thanksgiving, do you want come?” Well, the answer to that question is always “yes” (it is like a genetic thing with me) though then I have to check: can I, really. My parents would be…
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Pictures of the Week – Alta: Ski Heaven
More Details: Pictures of the Week – Alta: Ski HeavenMany moons ago I resumed skiing after a long hiatus. Friends’ parents decided to invite me to their annual family ski trip AS A SURPRISE to my friends. I arrived first in Salt Lake City and made my way to the awesome house at the foot of the Alta ski resort. Their surprise was a…
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Photo of the Week – The Grandiose Andes
More Details: Photo of the Week – The Grandiose AndesThe Himalayas sound remote and far away? Well, the Andes are ALMOST as tall and with spectacular views too. You can take a VERY short flight from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina (for peanuts if you buy the ticket in Chile) and you get this impressive view. I fell in love with the view in…
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Steve Jobs, Technology and Travel
More Details: Steve Jobs, Technology and TravelSteve Jobs’ passing should come as no surprise. We are all going to die someday. What seems is so different about his is that it is about someone who in the span of sort of 30-35 years brought about a revolution in how technology fits into our lives. Or better said, of how our lives…