A Hero on Every Page
On our recent cruise, we went shopping. Apparently, this is something everyone does in the Caribbean. And, according to the shopping expert for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (yes, they have a crew member whose only job is to tell you how to shop), people go to the Caribbean to buy one thing. Diamonds. I never …
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Nothing like two tourists pretending to be tour guides. Seriously, doesn’t the Bible say something about the blind leading the blind and both of them falling in the ditch? The good news is that no one ended up in the ditch on the recent jaunt north to Seattle. In fact, thanks to modern technology, we …
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When we traveled to Mexico, I had only two three items on my wish list. It should be easy enough to satisfy three small things, right? And zip lining topped the list. Okay, it was second on the list. The list: Bask in the sunshine Zip-line Sunset cruise Fortunately, everyone shared my adventurous spirit. And …
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In an earlier post, I mentioned the pressure to buy-in to a timeshare in Cabo San Lucas. Unfortunately, it isn’t the only pressure we encountered in our sojourn south of the border. And something has to give when the pressure is too much. At our resort, there are evening performances and themed buffets on a …
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Everyone wants to be Marco Polo and discover the wider world around them. It’s a big place, this international playground. Travelling the world it real living. Or not. Like everything else in this life – travelling internationally is not all it’s touted to be. Wi-Fi We live in a digital world, don’t we? It’s a …
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Growing up in a world where businesses clearly mark their products with a price tag makes the idea of bickering over price something of a foreign language. In Mexico, if there is no price, make an offer. Prepare to haggle. Sure, I’ve been on the purchasing end of a car enough times to realize the …
No price tag? Haggle your way to ownership Read More »
We took several hundred photos while in Mexico. Some I will share with you when I do a series of posts about some of our experiences (come back next year to see these). Hope you enjoy this brief tour! …
Mexico in Pictures Read More »
Only in Las Vegas can you go from New York to Paris by crossing four pedestrian bridges and zero bodies of water. This is world travel at its least complex. Bright blue sky accompanied our stroll down Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday morning. After registering at the conference at The Cosmopolitan, we began our tourist …
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