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Driving on Crete
The tires spun but the car slowly lost all forward momentum and started sliding backwards back into the darkness. I put on the brakes and that slowed but did not stop the backwards decline. I had been...
San Francisco - Walk Through Chinatown
When a friend was in town recently and we drove up to San Francisco. When we strolled around Chinatown we stopped at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory. Now factory may bring up the wrong picture ...
Traveling with Movie Buffs
An article in the USA Today called “10 great places to check into movie-hotel history” got me thinking about how much my family (especially my son Mike who is now a film student) have enjo...
Improve Everywhere - London Freezes
Picture this, you are minding your own business as a tourist on the streets London when suddenly and without warning the crowd around you stops moving, freezing in place. The day London froze. Inspire...
Susan’s Magic Backpack vs eBag’s Air Travel Essentials
When we first travelled with our friend Susan we would say something like “oh I need a band-aid” or “does anyone have a wet wipe” and out of Susan’s magic backpack would ...
Ah London
We have started to plan a trip to Europe in May. The only definite part of the trip is that we are flying through London so my thought have started to turn to London, especially when I saw this wonder...
Pickpockets
We were riding down the escalator in the Paris Metro when someone in front of us bent down to pick up something and started backing up against us. My situational awareness told me something was wrong....
Disneyland Monorails Upgraded
According to Engadget Disneyland is doing an upgrade to their monorail system. The monorail system has had pretty much the same “futuristic look” for the last 50 years. The new cards will ...
Pole Dancing In New York Subway
Odd things have been know to happen in New York Subway trains, but I’ll bet you never expected this. According to a story in the Gothamist: In March, four limber women took to the subway in a q...
From Snow To Sun And Sand
With much of the Northern Hemisphere dealing with true Winter (not like here in California) I liked this video from Lisa (a blogger at MostlyLisa.com) who fled the Canadian cold for a Sandals resort o...
A Look At the USA Through Different Eyes
I received an email from Robin Sparks, a friend, travel writer and ex-pat who lives in Istanbul. She gave me permission to share this story. Here’s a small piece from this corner of the world: L...
What’s Your Best Family Vacation?
As a kid our best family vacations were road trips and the king of the road trips was from Salinas California to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, up to Glacier National Park, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasp...
In Kuwait there is no such thing a a fender bender, every wreck is spectacular.
In Kuwait there is no such thing a a fender bender, every wreck is spectacular. I have seen all kinds of traffic in my travels but nothing compares to the drivers in Kuwait. Every highway is a N...
Travel For Good - Building Houses in Mexico
As this entry is posted I will be in Mexico building houses with a group called Esperanza. Ezperanza is the Spanish word for hope and the group is a non-profit group that is similar to Habitat for Hum...