This was totally awesome! Jeff Zevely from San Diego’s CBS 8 did a story on my trip to North Korea for his Zevely Zone feature. Jeff was one of the coolest dudes I’ve ever met, and we had fun looking at the map and talking about each other’s travel and favorite destinations. My mom even…
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I love posting pictures and updates of my travel adventures on facebook, and I enjoy the feedback and questions folks write as comments. Here are ten of my favorite questions from readers, and their answers: 1) Are you a member of the Mile-High Club? Submitted by Kelly Danek Noooooooo! Do you know how dirty those…
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There’s no doubt Colombia is a fantastic place to visit–but which city to choose? The nation’s major districts are nothing alike. Luckily, R Dub runs ’em down for you, story by story and photo by photo and you may be surprised by his favorite. Why is/was Colombia so special to me? Colombia was the very…
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On the way to the car, the driver sent and received a few texts. I wondered if he was was notifying the bad guys that we were en route so they’d know where to pull us over and rob or kidnap me. I learned you can’t trust anyone in Venezuela, and my life was…
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Ever since I started traveling frequently, I’ve noticed one thing: I’m usually able to get a “vibe” about a new place from very the instant that arrive: within the hour, sometimes even after the first few minutes after stepping off the plane. Good or bad, or sometimes in-between, it doesn’t take my brain long to form a sometimes…
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My uncle summed it up best when he told me that “I have more balls than brains.” That was his message to me on facebook when he discovered I went to North Korea. I can’t argue with him. He’s probably right. And now, I’m sitting here shaking my head at my decision to travel to the world’s…
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