Travel blogs started as personal travel diaries. The first Internet travel bloggers began in 1995 when the Internet was first developed. They were people who travelled and wanted to share their travels with their friends and relatives through websites like bloggers.com. Dedicated travel blog websites began showing up in 2009. Beginning Blog My wife and […]
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We know that the only constant in the world is change. As we come out of the world pandemic, we am starting to see important and significant changes in the travel industry based on what they learned during those 12-18 months. Business exists to create a profit for the shareholders by creating system efficiencies. We
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We took a day trip from Boca Chica up to the town of Boquete, Panama. The drive can be done in about 90 minutes. We were able to follow good quality secondary roads off the Panamerican Highway that took us through scenic terrain. Boquete is a popular town for visitors. There are many boutique hotels
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We first visited Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco with our children and fell in love with the Côte D’Azur. A few years later we set-up house for a month in the old town of Nice. We spent the month explored the region using their excellent public bus service. The buses are luxury coaches and the
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The gypsies are the biggest scam artists in Europe. On average, each gypsy scams 300-400 Euros a day from unsuspecting tourists. Most of that money goes back to the gypsy gang leader in Romania. Generally a gypsy gang leader will have 12-15 underlings working various tourist areas in Europe. We have run into many different
Crazy Things That Happen To You When in Rome “Mi scusi, mi scusi, do you speak English,” the man in the car asked through his rolled down window, as my daughter and I stood on the side of the roadway by the Tiber River just down from the Temple of Hercules. “Yes, I do.” I
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“Do you want to try caviar!” the woman asked abruptly with a heavy Eastern European accent. I looked up from looking through the curved glass counter at the beautifully displayed cuts of meat in Harrods. She caught me by surprise. I blinked and swallowed. She hit me with another abrupt question in her heavy accent.
Massages in Ubud, Bali “Can we get a massage tonight”, I asked the front desk clerk. He looked at his watch and said, “Yes, we can arrange that for you. Someone will come for you at 8pm.” We had just arrived at JJ Villa and Spa Resort a low keyed Balinese resort owned and operated
What are the top 10 places to visit in the world? It is a challenge to pick the top 10 places to visit in the world. I picked the top 10 places based on a combination of cultural, historical and sightseeing factors. This list would be a great 2-3 month bucket list travel itinerary. I
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Travel equals happiness. It is a scientific fact. Recent studies show that experiences are a key factor for creating and sustaining happiness; far more than material things. This is what I found out taking, The Science of Wellness, a course offered by Yale University through Coursera. (In keeping with our budget travel blog philosophy you
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