I wrote at length about our travel experience of the last two weeks, but enough sociology. Here’s the stuff potential tourists might want to know, or armchair travelers might enjoy. Tulum Archeological Site Linda and I had been to Chichen Itza a couple of years back, and while we were impressed at the size of…
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In or Ex: How Do You Want Your Holiday? Part 2, Gordon’s All-Exclusive
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On Facebook, this picture would say, “If you remember hotel room doors like this, you are OLD.” Nope, this is present-day hardware at the Hotel Casa Balam in Mérida. That fob is hand carved. Full Disclosure: When Linda and I travel, we don’t expect our standard of living to increase. We don’t take holidays to…
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A Trip with a Plan
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When people ask my how our last trip went, I have discovered that I am giving an unusual answer: “We were successful in all our objectives.” Not the standard response, I suspect. Did we have good time? Of course. Was the weather good? Better than we had any right to expect. Will we go back?…
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Google Maps: European Failure
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Google Maps has been a stalwart supporter of my navigating for almost two decades, and I get around pretty well with it, if I do say so myself. But on this trip to Europe ,I have noticed a few cracks in the old façade. Namely, Google Maps just can’t handle the European road system and…
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Malta: Prize of the Mediterranean
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Malta is an island steeped in history. Due to its position at the naval choke point of the central Mediterranean, it has been important from the Crusades all the way to World War II. With all that warfare and all that history, it’s guaranteed to be an interesting place to visit. Anyone who has been…
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Quarantined Christmas
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COVID. The kind of thing that always happens to somebody else…until it doesn’t. Omicron has been catching everyone off guard, and the Long family has proven to be no exception. My son, Matthew was flying in for ChristmasA trip planned last month in sunnier days. He got here, stayed for two days, then got two…
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Thoughts on Peru
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Before you visit any foreign country, it is a good idea to check out its history. And I don’t mean the Ancient Incas. More likely the Shining Path. Tourists are often the last to realize the political realities in Third World countries, but sometimes the first to find out when it all boils over. My…