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Forgotten Places – Playa Hermosa Hotel, San Blas Mexico
San Blas, Mexico was founded in 1531 as a busy port of call for the Spanish navy. In the late 1700s over one hundred Spanish families were sent to settle... -
Eat, Pray, Love – Why It Makes Us Crazy
The My Dog Ate My Blog recently published a great piece called Eat, Pray, Love and our Perpetual Pursuit of Happiness where they raised the interesting and polarizing phenomenon that... -
Tension in the Skies: Towards A New Inflight Etiquette
By now most of you have probably read about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who had a meltdown after a passenger disrespected him following a landing at Kennedy Airport....
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A Tramp Abroad Featured on Simonseeks.com
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsWe’re excited to be featured on Simonseeks recent article 13 Top Travel Destinations – Chosen by Travel Bloggers. A little blurb about Simonseeks.com: Simonseeks.com offers expert recommendations on everything from Madrid Hotels and Rome Hotels to New York restaurants. Additionally the site offers inspirational travel... -
Forgotten Places – Playa Hermosa Hotel, San Blas Mexico
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 8 CommentsSan Blas, Mexico was founded in 1531 as a busy port of call for the Spanish navy. In the late 1700s over one hundred Spanish families were sent to settle there and shortly afterward the small seaside town became an official naval base. According to... -
Eat, Pray, Love – Why It Makes Us Crazy
Posted on August 12, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe My Dog Ate My Blog recently published a great piece called Eat, Pray, Love and our Perpetual Pursuit of Happiness where they raised the interesting and polarizing phenomenon that is the Elizabeth Gilbert book – they emailed me and invited me to comment on... -
Tension in the Skies: Towards A New Inflight Etiquette
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 1 CommentBy now most of you have probably read about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who had a meltdown after a passenger disrespected him following a landing at Kennedy Airport. Basically, the plane landed and a passenger prematurely stood up to remove luggage from the... -
Eat, Pray, Love and Safety in Women’s Solo Travel
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 5 CommentsAs the cinematic release of the Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling travel memoir Eat, Pray, Love draws nearer it is inevitable that people will become engaged in debating not just the artistic merit of the book and movie, but also the phenomenon of women undertaking travel... -
Making Temporary Places Feel Like Home
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 1 CommentI have been on the road now for just over three months. I love to travel but like many people I also crave some stability: a little corner of the world to call my own. Sometimes it’s challenging to recreate a sense of comfort and... -
The Decline of Casa Kimberley – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsPuerto Vallarta wasn’t always the tourism mecca it is today. Prior to the 1960s it was just a small port town with about 10,000 inhabitants; and then in 1964 Hollywood royalty Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Director John Houston moved in to film The Night... -
Eating on the Road: Local Food and Long Distance Cravings
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 11 CommentsWe’ve been on the road now for just over two and a half months and upon reflection, the experience has really outlined how much I relate food with comfort. The namesake for this website, Mark Twain, spent a great deal of time in Europe eating... -
Alone In Berlin…Again
Posted on July 17, 2010 | 1 CommentEarlier this month, I posted a short review of Hans Fallada’s riveting saga Alone In Berlin (Every Man Dies Alone) which generated some interesting comments and emails. One of these led me back to my travel notes from my last trip to Berlin and my... -
Going to Haiti
Posted on July 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn January 12, 2010 my life changed a little bit but for many Haitian people it changed a lot. When the earthquake shook that nation it destroyed infrastructure, separated family members, left many children without parents and wounded hearts around the world. Following the earthquake...