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Train, Boat, Five Days in Cabo (not) Day 3

Another day at sea, and we are slowly making our way towards Catalina. Although I am sad we are missing Cabo San Lucas, now that the satellite photos are posted, most understand that Cabo would not have been much fun.

Some years ago I flew my Cessna 172 to Catalina’s awkward airstrip just to eat the great buffalo burgers at the airport café. They were as juicy and flavorful as any burger I had ever tasted; worth the trip for sure.

As far as the “awkward” airport,… Continue

Added by Geoff Edwards on September 10, 2009 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Train, Boat, Five Days in Cabo (not) 2

This morning I called my wife, Michael, to ask about the fires raging and approaching our area. At the moment, all is cool, well, at 100 degrees perhaps the word should be normal. I let her know I was excited abut the possibility of some high waves in the Cabo San Lucas area because of hurricane Jimena. I’ve got this weird thing about big ships and no motion. I want to feel like I’m at sea, not at home.

Elation is a big ship, almost three football fields long with a normal capacity… Continue

Added by Geoff Edwards on September 9, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Mountain Howler

The seventh issue of the Mountain Howler is now online, with a print edition to follow in a few days.

Check it out:

http://www.mountainhowler.com

Added by Stephen Duplantier on September 9, 2009 at 4:04pm — No Comments

New Edition of The Mountain Howler

The September edition of the Mountain Howler is online. This publication is an English language magazine geared to expatriates in the western central valley of Costa Rica.

We feature stories and reports on the area's culture, history, and affairs. This issue's theme is The Green Man --Organic Costa Rica.

Read it free online at http://www.mountainhowler.com

For more information, write me, Stephen Duplantier. I'm the editor.

stephen.duplantier@gmail.com

Added by Stephen Duplantier on September 9, 2009 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Train, Boat, Five Days in Cabo (not)

I’ve been wanting to try one of Carnival’s short cruises to the Mexican Riviera, and so jumped at the chance to do the Elation from San Diego. It’s a five day cruise, and since my last cruise to Mexico had all the ports canceled because of the flu, two days in Cabo San Lucas would be the karma I deserve.

Good news, the MetroLink stops about 5 miles from my house. From there to Union Station in Los Angeles, then Amtrak to about 50 yards from Elation in San Diego.…

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Added by Geoff Edwards on September 8, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

For Value and Local Flavor, Vacation Rentals Beat the Competition Flat

by José Balido

Now, I truly do love good hotels. I love beautiful bed-and-breakfasts, intimate inns, ravishing resorts, and hip hostels. I love having a range of services (including housekeeping to clean up after me, God bless ‘em), stylish décor, and amenities like really cool bars to hang out in.

But let’s face it: it’s not like there aren’t drawbacks. There’s usually not enough storage space (and when was the last… Continue

Added by José Balido on September 7, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Down Under Update 2009

Added by Rhonda Robinson on September 4, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments

En San Cipriano (Colombia) las brujas sí existen

San Cipriano es una reserva natural situada en el pleno corazón de la selva del Litoral Pacífico Colombiano, a unas dos horas de la ciudad de Cali, yendo hacia Buenaventura. El aire, como en cualquier selva, es húmedo, caliente y llena de vida todo lo que encuentra en su camino. Esta es la segunda región del mundo con tanto grado de humedad.

En el post que se puede leer en www.colombia.travel (Portal Oficial de Turismo de Colombia), podrás… Continue

Added by Mario Carvajal on September 1, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Global Gay Tourism Mission

I spent 4 weeks (June/July, 09) travelling this great planet exploring so many of the wonderful gay offerings around the globe. From Asia into the UK and Europe, The US and Canada there were some fantastic adventures to he had. Read my travel blogs at www.gayrainbowconnection.com to gain a flavour of some of my adventures.

It was a delight to proactively promote Alice Springs, Central Australia, the magnificent Northern Territory and this wonderful country of Australia to my tourism… Continue

Added by Phil Walcott on August 30, 2009 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Tahiti in the Middle

For the last few years I’ve taken Transatlantic repositioning cruises. These cruises are a great way to see some European ports and then spend lovely days at sea on the way to Fort Lauderdale.

This year I decided to try a Transpacific. If you can hook on to the last leg of a “special” cruise, like one around the Horn, or an Alaska-Asia-Los Angeles, you’ll get superb service and ports you might not ordinarily visit.

Regent was my choice with an 18 day itinerary including 12… Continue

Added by Geoff Edwards on August 25, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

dance lessons and seminars

http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/seminars/index.html
An intensive schedule of lessons deals with different techniques and styles of salon and stage dance. The teachers: prestigious dancers of different generations and instructors of renowned schools.

Added by alfredo ferreyra on August 23, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

about the championship

http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/tango/dance.html

The Dance Championship is the celebration that establishes Buenos Aires as a mecca for tango dancers from all over the world. This event will choose the best dancers in the categories “Salon Tango”, which stresses the social aspect of the tango dance as a typical porteño practice, and “Stage Tango”, which aims to enrich the dance from a choreographic point of view related to the performance as a show.

Throughout the… Continue

Added by alfredo ferreyra on August 23, 2009 at 8:52am — No Comments

about the festival

http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/tango/index.html

The Tango Festival is a multitudinous celebration of the genre in all its varieties, and the driving force of a series of activities whose influence stretches throughout the year: the encouragement to the creation of new works, the recovery and value enhancement of the genre’s heritage, the stimulus to artistic excellence, the fostering of stylistic diversity and culture consumption, and the promotion of creative industries of… Continue

Added by alfredo ferreyra on August 23, 2009 at 8:51am — No Comments

Friendly Planet Travel Joins Kiva to Fight Global Poverty

All travelers have an appreciation for the natural beauty, unique culture and fascinating history of the foreign lands they explore. And it is through this exploration that they also see the flip side of those exotic lands, the hardships endured by some of the people, devastating poverty amid the cultural treasures, lack of basic resources such as clean water, electricity, proper shelter, and crippling social class distinctions that crush hopes and dreams. Inspired by Nobel Prize… Continue

Added by Peggy Goldman on August 17, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Peter Island Resort & Spa

This is my first time to the BVI and it is gorgeous. Peter Island is an amazing place, full of wildlife, neon turquoise waters and the spa is delicious with two Ayurvedic doctors on staff.

Added by Nina Zapala on August 11, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Latest in my world......

My review article on the Abbey Resort & Avani Spa is running in "Les Nouvelles Esthetiques & Spa". To access, go to www.lneonline.com; digital edition, pps. 10-20.

Check out my article posts at http://definitivespablog.blogspot.com/. All are based on travels and recognized expertise as a spa industry expert. Specific reviews on the Heidel House Resort & Evensong Spa and the Hotel Del Coronado Beach Village & Spa.

Added by Terry Herman on August 3, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

A glimpse from Brooklyn, NY

A passage to Brooklyn, NY

I walk around

seeing the crowd,

watching the people across the roads

on Wilson, Myrtle, Cypress, Cornelia or Knickerbocker Streets

I find Spanish as the language spoken.

Numerous shops like those of the hairdressers, restaurants,

and other business firms

draw me to get in and have a try;

search for something and take a choice

from all those items seen and displayed.

Like any movements in public… Continue

Added by mark alba escobar on August 1, 2009 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Verona, Italy

A Reconnoitre in Verona

Nothing can dim the glow of my joy

Those meaningful moments which I still recall

I find certain happiness yet silence in time

With occupying thoughts that always cross my mind.

Along the stream of consciousness, there’s a hidden message

I may be attentive, yet time creeps so fast.

There’s difficulty that hampers me though

a busload of burdens that wrap me till night.

On and off, I turn to gaze at these… Continue

Added by mark alba escobar on August 1, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Assisi, Italy

ASSISI: VENTRILOQUISM FOR MY GRAIL

A leap across the hill-top,

Is an encounter with God.

Concealed in the language of history

the depth of human religiosity.

It rings true for me though

those stories of Francis of Assisi.

Surely, striking the hallmarks of simplicity

in quietude where I cling to reality.

There is a twofold bridge in it,

That is historical and biblical

That I must continue to face

the conundrum of life… Continue

Added by mark alba escobar on August 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Wuppertal, Germany

In Wuppertal (Germany)

Gloomy, quiet and serene

This is the place where I stay.

People work up to the hilt

following the rhythm of each day.

I see and listen to some of them

with wonder and excitement.

Like any stranger in this place

I get to know where they come from.

Now I realize the richness and mobility

That makes me see and experience

In this beautiful city

Where people come and go.

As an experience… Continue

Added by mark alba escobar on August 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment