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Saint Jean de Luz: ‘Silence of the Ducks’
I now know where ducks go to die and give up their livers.* Well, ostensibly die. You (or a duck, for that matter) can’t live without a liver. BUT you (or a duck, presumably) can get by with as little as 25 percent of a liver. Oh, and? It regenerates, growing back to its full…
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Back to the Basque
Hola, mis gentes. And Happy New Year! (Where did 2015 go? Seriously. I can’t believe it’s a new year. I’m woefully unprepared.) My travel-compadre-for-life and I have had a sort of travel rule for the last 10 years, which is: “Let’s go to new places. Places that neither of us have ever been.” After all,…
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When Life Hands You Lemons, Use Them as Weapons
Crazy year. Still one of my favorite posts I’ve ever written. And I still think lemons make a perfectly acceptable weapon.
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Revisiting Vieques, Puerto Rico
Hi there! Things are chugging along at a very busy pace here at Poe Communications and Cat Box Management Engineers. New clients, new projects, new contracts…all very exciting stuff. It’s been almost a year since I picked up my lemons and struck out on my own and the transition has been surprisingly smooth. I keep waiting…
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Back to Vieques
We’re off again to Vieques, Puerto Rico. So, I thought it might be fun to revisit our last trip there in December 2011. That time we stayed at the W Retreat and Spa. Man, I had forgotten how many issues we had with those guys! Hopefully this time is better. We’ll also spend a few…
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Definitely Not the Happiest Place on Earth: Cambodia’s S-21 and the Killing Fields
I suppose it is entirely possible to go to Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, without going to see the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or Choeung Ek. There are in fact, other things to see in Phnom Penh. The city once known as “the Paris of the East” is on the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, so…
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Looking for Immortality (but will Settle for a Cold Beer) at the Angkor Temples
During our three days of temple hopping in Siem Reap, we saw seven or eight temples in the Angkor complex and barely scratched the surface. No wonder I got templed out.