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China Family Expat Experience 2009
Malaysia Spring Break (Chinese New Year) Forest says: Well, it has been so long since either of us posted to our blog, i feel obliged to say something about our recent trip to Malaysia for Chinese New...
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Expat Living Experience Chile 2010
New Chapters in countries that start with “CH” sound So we are on to our next adventure, in our quest to live in all the countries in the world that start with the “CH” sound, we have packed our...
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When “making the connection” is a bad idea
Cristina and I have been a fan of “making the connection” ever since I first learned of the concept whilst reading a Tom Cahill travel story about “spelunking”, the sport of cave exploration. In...
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Chile Earthquake Madness Feb 27, 2010
We were awoken last night by the 8.8 earthquake that hit chile. We ran to our children’s rooms after we realized it was not the usual 10 sec shaker which is so common here given the subduction zone of...
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Spain, 20 years later
20 years ago I lived in Madrid for my junior year in college. It was a lovely time of life. I was very fortunate to make several new great friends while living in Spain, but i also brought with me...
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Recommendations for Travel in Chile
I get a lot of requests from friends about travel to Chile (for leisure/vacation, usually with family including kids), so i figured it was time to put my thoughts into a blog entry that I can...
View ArticleRecommendations for visit to Madrid, Spain
I lived in Spain during a study abroad year in college back in early 1990s, and have returned several times since for business and pleasure. I’ve found myself writing up some of my recommendations...
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Grand Canyon River Expedition with Hatch as Outfiter
My Family and I just completed a marvelous 9 day expedition on the Colorado River from Lees Landing launch, down through the marvelous Grand Canyon National Park. We used Hatch as our expedition...
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Zapallar in VR Project – Start
We just got back from a lovely spring break in Zapallar Chile visiting family. We took a Omni VR Camera Rig with us and spent a day shooting the areas along the Zapallar-to-Cachagua coastal area and...
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Just putting a quick note on some of my top recommends from Japan as i get a lot of requests and have been having to cobble together for friends. Here’s a starter list: Pro-tips in general: Use this...
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Beijing and Pingyao Visit 2019
We just had a wonderful trip to Beijing and for the first time had a chance to do some side trips to Pingyao. Was fun to take the bullet-train in china for the first time, it’s about 3.5 hrs to...
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Shoreditch Street Art
I had a lovely art-walk experience this week in Shoreditch neighborhood of London led by David Stuart of http://www.shoreditchstreetarttours.co.uk and wanted to make note for others. I had of course...
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Back to Mountain Biking
When i lived in california in the 90s i was a huge mountain bike enthusiast—Mt Tam in Marin County was at my backdoor, and I loved the arduous climb and accelerating descent it afforded just minutes...
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Palm Springs Outings
We just kicked off our “year of living in airbnbs” with a lovely stay in Palm Springs. The warm temps and blue sky were absolutely lovely. Cristina’s mobility just so-so but plenty of hikes! aasfasf
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Where to stay in Pismo Beach, CA
When friends come to visit they ask for ideas for lodging, so here’s my punch list of places to stay in Pismo Beach and neighboring Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo, and Arroyo Grande. If you are looking...
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Montana de Oro State Park
Wild flowers poppin’ Feb 11 ’23. The waves were happening. Diablo Canyon in the myst
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NYC Ideas for 1st Visit
Some friends from China and Chile were visiting NYC for the first time and we compiled these notes based our own recent extensive time spent visiting our son at college in Manhattan. Google Maps is...
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Huchuy Qosco Trek Near Cusco, Peru
From the Sacred Valley main road connecting Urubamba and Pisac I kept noticing a very interesting zig-zag road up towards a cliff that connected to a even zig-zaggier pedestrian route up-up-up and...
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Ayahuasca Spiritual Retreat in Sacred Valley Cusco Peru
I attended an absolutely stunning, wonderous, life-affirming, beautiful, profound, and deeply moving and spiritual 5 day retreat in the Sacred Valley near the town of Urubamba: Sapan Inka Spiritual...
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Japan 2024 Completion Trip
I’ve been traveling to Japan for decades and have been an ardent fan of Japan-Guide.com, a superb destination travel website that highlights areas of interest to visitors and uses a 3 star system to...
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