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September 15, 2017January 19, 2020

The Beauties of Bulgaria: traveling the land of the well-shod women

Here’s what struck me most in Sofia, Bulgaria: shoe stores. Shoe stores. Shoe stores. Shoe stores. We have never even imagined seeing so many shoe stores in such close proximity. We thought at first we just happened to be in the shoe store district. But no. As we moved further, we saw that every district …

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September 12, 2017January 19, 2020

Peru Travel: Walking in the footsteps of the Incas at Machu Picchu

You can hike or you can take the bus from nearby Aguas Calientes to see Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes. But I’d already been having shortness of breath and nausea in Cusco, which at 11,000 feet above sea level was supposed to help acclimate us for a couple of days before our train to …

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September 7, 2017January 19, 2020

Iguazu Falls: worth the bad hair day

Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil is breathtaking, of course. There are 275 falls along 1.67 miles of the Iguazu River. The U-shaped Devil’s Throat, the most impressive, straddles the countries’ borders and plunges nearly 370 feet across 2,300 feet. Iguazu is higher and nearly twice as wide as Niagara Falls. (Victoria Falls, straddling Zambia …

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September 1, 2017February 15, 2020

Visit to Argentina: reminder of the Mothers of the Disappeared

So there we were, tooling around Buenos Aires, stuffing ourselves at phenomenal parrilla (Argentine steakhouses), shopping for incredibly affordable custom-made leather jackets, and drinking beers as big as our heads. We were touring beautiful and unusual cathedrals, loving the legendary soccer culture and buying the nephews Lionel Messi shirts. We saw Evita’s balcony and the …

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August 18, 2017February 15, 2020

Travel to Greece: Seeing spectacular Santorini from a motorized roller skate

Santorini, in our opinion, is best seen by renting a tiny car and driving yourself around the romantic Greek island. There is bus service, but a car allows you to dictate your time and itinerary. It was easy to rent and it takes about an hour to drive the length of the island. The car …

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August 16, 2017February 15, 2020

Once upon a time on Hollywood Road: lost in Hong Kong

Once upon a time on Hollywood Road ... It's almost the title of a Quentin Tarantino movie. Well, ours would have been an interesting movie, with slightly less Brad and Leo. We were exploring on our own in Hong Kong. We had traveled by ferry from mainland-side Kowloon to the island of Hong Kong, looking …

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August 14, 2017February 15, 2020

Safe in Singapore through no fault of our own

Just in case you’re wondering if Singapore is as safe as it claims to be – debatably only second to Tokyo, according to various sources - here is how safe it is. We went to Sentosa Island, taking a cab then the air tram, to see its beautiful aquarium and view its amazing nightly laser …

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February 15, 2017January 26, 2020

Travel to Tahiti: Bora Bora is like a movie … but which one?

Bora Bora is one of those places that is so beautiful, you feel like you are in a movie. I don’t know which movie. Hopefully not “Jaws.” After an all night flight from Los Angeles to French Polynesia, we chartered a beautiful catamaran yacht with four staterooms and attached bathrooms from The Moorings in Tahiti. …

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