Category: travel
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Santiago, Chile
Because we chose to get an apartment in the older Centro portion of the city we were nice and close to the great historical buildings here. However it also came with the wonderful experiences that come with being in the older sections of any older city. In all honesty, we never had any problems with…
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Wine Tour Time
We have been in Santiago nearly two weeks now and figured it was high time we shared some of our experiences. It has been an interesting time for us. We arrived in what we call “Tourist mode”, which is to say we kept busy every day taking in sights and enjoying the food. Part of…
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Mexico City
When we were deciding on where to head this winter we thought we’d check out a bit more of Mexico. However, as with most plans it changed to Mexico City simply being a jump off point for South America. I am very glad we stuck with Mexico City though. What a city! There was no…
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The Procesión De Catrina
Our first exposure to the actual celebrations of the Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead was the Catrina Parade which occurs earlier in the week. It was quite something to observe. The estimate I found was that there are 15,000 people involved in the parade split between participants and volunteers. There are a…
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Frida Kahlo
So first in full disclosure, I honestly had no real idea of who Frida Kahlo was until my sister started educating me about this amazing lady. So to you Jenn, I dedicate this post. If you are not into modern Mexican history or modern art I feel it is ok not to be aware of…
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4 Countries, 4 Months
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Karen and I had a bit of discussion on what to talk about in this blog on our travels in Asia. It has been an absolutely unmitigated success and that makes it all the more challenging to try and summarize it. Through we have been treated to some incredible food during our time in Asia,…
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Diving Dauin
For our final week of diving in the Philippines we headed south to Dauin at the southern tip of the island of Negros. One thing about travelling around the Philippines is it takes time. The 30 minute boat ride, followed by a 7 hour drive, another 30 minute boat ride and ending with a 30…
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Diving Malapascua
If you read any number of scuba diving publications sooner or later you hear about Malapascua, Philippines. This certainly played a part in making it our first stop in our initial exploration of the Philippines. There is a reason it shows up in so many articles, it is awesome. While I was putting together the…
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Taipei, Taiwan
We have had a couple of people ask us, why Taiwan? Initially my answer was, why not? Politics and the ability to access different areas changes over time and as we were in the area I simply felt it is wrong not to explore a new place while we had the chance. After being there,…
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Enjoying Okinawa
Our decision to visit Okinawa was two fold. One, we wanted to see a bit of Japan from the north to the south, and second was we had heard the diving was excellent here. Happy to report we had great success on both counts. We went for walk down to the waterfront promenade one evening…