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From Suite to Tent: What Made Accommodations Memorable in Jordan
More Details: From Suite to Tent: What Made Accommodations Memorable in JordanThroughout all my travels, I have experienced different types of accommodations. A rented apartment in Tuscany, Krakow, Paris and Sofia. No-frills basic hotels in Stone Town, Moshi, Aswan and Brasov. Bed & breakfasts in Sonoma, the Dordogne, and Tavistock. Middle-of-the-road hotels in Reston, Stellenbosch and Venice. Top-of-the-line in Santiago de Chile, Mykonos, Boca Raton, and…
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Landing in Sao Paulo and Experiencing It
More Details: Landing in Sao Paulo and Experiencing ItAs a travel blogger, I read other bloggers’ blogs because, you could say, I like the topic. I always enjoy when one of them goes to Brazil for the first time and I get to read their writings about their experience. Those writings remind me I want to go back badly. I traveled to Brazil…
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The Charming Town of Kotor, Montenegro
More Details: The Charming Town of Kotor, MontenegroKotor, Montenegro was an almost accidental destination for me. The anchor destination for the trip was Italy but my wanderlust wanted me to go further to new places (even though Pompeii was new to me). So I added Croatia by visiting the gem of the Adriatic: Dubrovnik. But then I found out about day trips…
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Photo of the Week – Santiago’s Fresh Seafood at the Mercado Central
More Details: Photo of the Week – Santiago’s Fresh Seafood at the Mercado CentralI loved spending a year in Santiago, Chile with the Andes as a majestic backdrop and in a country that offers so many beautiful landscapes from deserts in the north to fjords in the south. One of my favorite places in Santiago is the Mercado Central where one cannot only shop for fresh seafood but,…
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A Day Trip in the Balkans: Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina
More Details: A Day Trip in the Balkans: Mostar, Bosnia HerzegovinaWhen I was looking for a place to go after my trip to Rome with friends, I literally went online and looked at the possible tours available in countries in the area that I did not know or know well. Not many of those left in that region for me except east of Italy. I…
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Visiting Old Cairo – and Feeling Cairo
More Details: Visiting Old Cairo – and Feeling CairoI am fortunate to have visited Cairo two times: once in 1998 and then in 2007. The first with friends and the second for work. However, while we hit some of the key places to see in Cairo in the first trip, one grave mistake was not to explore Old Cairo… Old Cairo is the…
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Criss-crossing the southern island of New Zealand
More Details: Criss-crossing the southern island of New ZealandBesides flying into and out of the country and riding the TranzAlpine train, buses (or coaches) were my main mode of travel. I was surprised that trains were not talked about much in my readings about how to move about the country but it seems buses are the main way to get around (outside of…
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How I Found the North Island of New Zealand Different than the South Island
More Details: How I Found the North Island of New Zealand Different than the South IslandWhen I planned my trip to New Zealand, I decided based on my interests and what was on offer to spend more time in the South Island than in the North Island. However, this does not mean the North Island lacks places to explore. I left the visit to the North Island for the last…
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Arriving in the Southern Island of Middle Earth: Christchurch, New Zealand
More Details: Arriving in the Southern Island of Middle Earth: Christchurch, New ZealandThere are so many awesome places in New Zealand but I feel Christchurch, though not one of the top 2 cities in NZ, may be the best place to hit first on a trip over (Dunedin is not far behind!). The arrival I arrived in Christchurch on the eastern coast of the southern island of…
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Roaming Around Panama, Coast to Coast
More Details: Roaming Around Panama, Coast to CoastI visited Panama to see relatives and enjoy a little low-key sightseeing beyond my usual haunts of Panama City and the Pearl archipelago. It started with an unusual stop for a tourist… Witnessing the good work of the Missionaries of Charity One day during my visit, we visited the house of the Missionaries of Charity…