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Japan and the Eroding Social Contract
Japan still has the social contract the US used to have and Mexico has never had. We watched it work for two weeks. We also watched it cr...
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Travel essays, mostly Mexico, with a heavy Baja bias.
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FarNiente Caffee at Telefonica Gastro Park
I’m a huge fan of pretty much everything Mexican, especially Mexican food. One of my favorite things to do is to go to Tijuana, BC to get...
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Canyon Overlook Trail at Zion NP
The West Temple, Towers of the Virgins, Streaked Wall, and Beehives all make up part of this tremendous view. The East Temple rises direc...
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Cooking a Ribeye Steak in a Cast Iron Skillet
Cooking a Ribeye Steak in a Cast Iron Skillet
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My 30th Country: What I’ve Learned About the World
Little did I know when I was in college that I would develop an insatiable taste for travel, a sense of wanderlust. As 2016 comes to a cl...
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Travel Insurance: To Buy or Not To Buy?
So you're about to take a big international trip. It may be your first or your nth. You have your bags packed, your Lonely Planet Guide, ...
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9 Tips to Make the Most of Your Trip to Cuba
Bring snacks. You can only buy food here at government run stores who have inconsistent hours and not much to choose from. Most public...
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Thoughts on Cuban Communism
Communism has elevated the status of many citizens from what was essentially indentured servitude akin to the American share-cropper days...
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Trinidad: A bright & colorful dose of Cuban culture
During our trip, Trinidad is what I consider to be our first true dose of Cuban culture. It was also the first place we went that we had ...
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Cienfuegos
The Lonely Planet Guidebook says Cienfuegos is the Paris of Cuba. I guess the French charm was lost on me. There's not a lot to say about...
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The Casa Particular and the Ice Cream
I'm very impressed with the hospitality of casa particulares in Cuba. They provide air conditioning for their guests even though they the...
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From La Habana to Cienfuegos
Today we drove from Havana to Cienfuegos. In total the drive is about 5 hours in a rather cramped can, but we had a couple of stops to br...
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Cancun to La Habana: Thoughts on Interjet
Interjet is a Mexican low-cost airline with its headquarters in Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico. Although they ...
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Arriving to La Habana, Cuba
Coming to Cuba, one of the last two remaining truly communist states, I expected there to be propaganda posters and pictures of Che all o...
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A Carnivore's Extravaganza
Great restaurant with easy access from the highway (Via Rapida). They have a private parking lot with valet parking during peak times. Th...
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Hong Kong First Impressions
It is a city of contrasts. Lamborghinis drive by street food stands where you can eat for $1 USD. High end retail surrounded by tradition...
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10 Reflections on Vancouver, BC
I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Vancouver and I wanted to reflect on some of my thoughts while everything is still fresh.
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Ziplining in Cancun
We headed to the ziplining area to get geared up. There are two different ziplining courses with 7 ziplines each and then one water landi...
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ATVing in Cancun
There are two 5 km ATV tracks and you can do each track once. The first track took us about 30 minutes to complete and we had a lot of fu...
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Temazcal Mayan Sweat-lodge Ceremony
Temazscal had been a bucket list item for me for about 10 years. Upon arrival, a lady confirmed my reservation and then took all of my th...
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Reef Snorkeling at Xcaret
Xcaret is a bit of a tourist trap. It costs $130 for a ticket to the park and almost everything worth doing costs more. But it was still ...
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Cancun Day 3: Xcaret Park
Xcaret was a bucket list item for me. Especially their Temazcal activity which is a Mayan Sweat Lodge ceremony. I had wanted to try it si...
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National Park Week: The Wild Heart - A Journey through the Southwest Wilderness
To celebrate earth day and National Park Week I am going to feature the top 10 viral National Park videos over the next week.
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National Park Week: Joshua Tree Under the Milky Way
Timelapse video of the Perseid Meteor Shower and the galactic core of the Milky Way as seen from Joshua Tree National Park.
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National Park Week: Yosemite HD
This video is a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. All timelapses were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II with a variety ...
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National Park Week: Going To California
Steadicam Merlin footage taken on a road trip from Seattle through California last winter, visiting Redwood, Sequoia, Yosemite, and Death...
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National Park Week: Eastern Sierra Time Lapse
A second 6-day trip through the California Eastern Sierra, from 350 feet below sea-level at the Badwaters in Death Valley National Park t...
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National Park Week: Epic Skies
Epic clouds and stars were captured while filming in Arizona's Saguaro National Park, Redwood National Park, Utah and several areas in th...
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National Park Week: Epic Skies
Epic clouds and stars were captured while filming in Arizona's Saguaro National Park, Redwood National Park, Utah and several areas in th...