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Going with Serendipity in Chile’s Patagonia
More Details: Going with Serendipity in Chile’s PatagoniaThe agency that helped me organize my trip down south to Patagonia created a suggested itinerary based on what I wanted to see. In their itinerary, they had me staying 3 nights in Puerto Natales and 1 night in a place sort of in the middle of nowhere. I would stay at that place the…
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Beginning the Journey into Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales
More Details: Beginning the Journey into Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto NatalesWhile Punta Arenas was my entry point to Patagonia (see map for a good visual!), I wasn’t going to spend too much time there – I had places to go in Patagonia! Punta Arenas is known for being very windy but much to my joy, the landing was very smooth. After a quick lunch at…
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Mendoza Wine Tour
More Details: Mendoza Wine TourAs I said in my previous entry about Mendoza, wines are the other good reason to go to Mendoza – the capital of wine in Argentina. Wine tasting in Mendoza I had Saturday to play around so I opted for a tour of several wineries as I didn’t feel like renting a car and driving…
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A Weekend in Mendoza, Argentina
More Details: A Weekend in Mendoza, ArgentinaMy current business trip to Santiago is for 2 weeks so I had a weekend in between to either: walk around Santiago and re-discover parts of it, opt to go and visit southern Chile (Puerto Montt or Pucón, for example; both of which I had visited in 1991), or go to nearby Mendoza, Argentina (capital…
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Tasmania – The Lakes, the Mountains and the “Tinas”
More Details: Tasmania – The Lakes, the Mountains and the “Tinas”Planning the Day We hit the lodge breakfast (which gets high marks!) and planned our course of action for the day. The lodge offered a guided walk to Crater Lake at 1 PM but we thought that would waste a little bit of time waiting until then to do a 3 hr hike. We also…
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Of Mountains, Caves, and Wine – Leaving Sydney Is Hard to Do
More Details: Of Mountains, Caves, and Wine – Leaving Sydney Is Hard to DoSo today I leave Sydney. I have greatly enjoyed seeing friends and getting to know this awesome city. I am actually sad at leaving it and wish I can come back some day soon. But I am off to see other friends in Melbourne and that is helping me depart. I have packed all the…
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Enjoying Delicious Food in Krakow, Poland
More Details: Enjoying Delicious Food in Krakow, PolandWhen preparing for my trip to Poland, I got asked a lot: “how will the food be?”. I honestly was not aware myself of what to expect as I had not researched the topic. Is food in Poland more like in Germany or more like in Russia or neither? Was Polish cuisine going to be…
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My Everyday in Paris
More Details: My Everyday in ParisI am sure the world does not need another writeup about Paris. But I think we all experience Paris differently so here is my take. It is such a unique place (as are other places like Venice, Rio, Istanbul, etc.) that I never get tired of visiting. At some point I will add to the endless…
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Re-visiting Buenos Aires
More Details: Re-visiting Buenos AiresSo, in 1991, I met BB.AA. Enjoyed exploring it, enjoyed the great food, and enjoyed seeing it with people who lived there. Fast forward to 2000. Company offers me an opportunity to go deliver a training class of 3 days. What to do? Had I ever taught or even attended the training class before? No. …
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Sampling South African Wine in Stellenbosch
More Details: Sampling South African Wine in StellenboschReady to hit a new wine region? How about Stellenbosch in South Africa, a short drive east of Cape Town? The Wineries So, we finally hit the road east from our hotel to get to Stellenbosch. We made a few stops in the wine region hitting some wineries pretty much randomly. We did apply enough…