My 2016 trip to Nauru was everything I expected and more…far, fun, bizarre…it was so cool to be in a place virtually no one else goes. I published a blog on Nauru when I returned and received mostly positive feedback from Nauruans, telling me they were glad that someone finally wrote about the beauty of…
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“I’d tried and failed before, but this time, nothing would stop me. St. Vincent and her Grenadines was the last country of the Americas left to visit, and I was determined to make it there if I had to swim.” Last One in is a Rotten Egg Part of trying to visit all 193 countries…
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Most of my vacations consist of parachuting into unstable nations and spending my 24-48 hours there just trying to make it out alive; or logging in 25,000+ steps exploring a giant metropolis. I rarely have time to actually relax–I’m on the move always! And even when I do manage to make it to a tropical…
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My Mission It is my life’s mission to visit every country in the world. All 196 of them. I can’t remember exactly when this goal materialized, but it was a spin-off from my “I want to see every country in North and South America before I turn 40” challenge. There’s just one little problem. I…
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First off, thank you for checking out my travel blog. I hope you will bookmark my website and come back often. ***THIS IS A BRAND NEW WEBSITE (11/15) AND IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN, AS I AM CURRENTLY ADDING TEN YEARS OF TRAVEL CONTENT*** Here’s what this site is not: This website…
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The coffee was good, the breakfast sandwich was nice, but it was the energy of Zaza Cuban Coffee at Orlando International Airport that earned it the Ramblin’ Randy Award for Best Airport Coffee Shop. I’d forgotten how much flavor and zest that East Coast Latinos possessed: a noticeably different style than that of the laid-back West…
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It started with expletives but soon took a weird turn. Suddenly we were talking travel, family and women. We were communicating as friends, and soon I was able to get this guy to open up and reveal just why he scams people and how he justifies it. So many questions answered about such a secretive…
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My parents, family and friends flipped the f__ out when I told them I was going to Iraq. First they didn’t believe me, then they panicked, then they pleaded with me not to go. But the truth is, Iraq, like so many other places in the world–including the USA–is not just what you see on…
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