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In-and-Out: The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO
More Details: In-and-Out: The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, COI headed to Denver to see friends and as luck would have it, an afternoon in Estes Park was in the books for me. I would have about 3 hours to spend in Estes Park so I checked TripAdvisor for some quick ideas on what to see while there. I had driven through Estes Park…
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Exploring Food and Lodging in Lake Placid
More Details: Exploring Food and Lodging in Lake PlacidWhile visiting Lake Placid earlier this year, I spent a day exploring this northern New York town. Because it was a rainy day, we skipped some of the outdoor activities but we got to visit some neat places and enjoy good food and drinks (of course!). I shared already about the very well set up…
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2013: Oh, The Places I Stayed At
More Details: 2013: Oh, The Places I Stayed AtOK, ending with a preposition is not proper but to make it sound Dr. Seuss-ish I hardly could have made it “Oh, the places at which I stayed.” In any case, I shared my year in food and beverages in an earlier post. But 2013 was also a good year in terms of exploring places…
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Manila Relaxation
More Details: Manila RelaxationI love to travel and explore new places. I enjoy it a lot. But I also like to relax and do not much of anything worth writing about. Yes, I have been known to cram a lot into a trip when I set my mind to it (like my Croatia/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Montenegro chaser to my…
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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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Honey Badger Anyone?
More Details: Honey Badger Anyone?If you are a regular visitor of this blog, you know I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro this past February. It was a fantastic experience that I am glad I was dared to do. Before we embarked on that hike, we spent a few days in the town of Moshi visiting and working with a local orphanage,…
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On the Shores of Lake Victoria in Mwanza and on to the Serengeti
More Details: On the Shores of Lake Victoria in Mwanza and on to the SerengetiIn early 2007, I went to Tanzania for work reasons and I was excited to get to this part of Africa. Two other entries in this blog cover the trip over and some observations about Dar es Salaam. This entry will share more of the logistical items about my visit to Mwanza, the actual stories…
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A short happy life on the Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB)
More Details: A short happy life on the Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB)A guest post by Chris Sanders. Ok, I confess – this post has almost nothing in common with Hemingway‘s short story about Francis Macomber… and that’s probably a good thing! But I thought a “short happy life” was the best way to describe a recent adventure that ended all too soon… Last August, my wife Wendy and I…