Category: opinions (big book of)
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An Overview of Sri Lanka, Privileged Tourism and Getting in My Own Head
On paper, Sri Lanka was a no brainer for us—our logical next vacation destination. It has a lot of the things we gravitate towards as travelers—we like South/Southeast Asia (admittedly, one of us a bit more than the other). We love the spicy food in this area of the world, with the focus on fresh…
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Where to Safari? Tanzania or South Africa
It’s the question that everyone asks when they hear about our recent African safari. No, not what I packed for essentially three weeks of travel (although, that would be my first question and the answer is: not that much). It’s not even whether we ever got bored of seeing many of the same animals day…
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The Basics on Planning an African Safari, aka: Should You Use a Travel Agent?
Let me start by saying: there’s nothing basic about planning a safari trip to Africa. I mean, come on! It’s beyond exciting! It’s the trip of a lifetime! We’re talking bucket list stuff! You gallop headlong into it with visions of the “Lion King” and “Out of Africa” dancing off in the distance. You start…
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Eight Reasons We Need a Real Housewives of the Olympic Village
The Olympics are on and they are totally messing with my Bravo viewing. I’m not a fan of the Olympics and not just because of the TV viewing disruption. I just think in this day and age, when there are so many other platforms and international competitions and accompanying viewing options for all of your…
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Is it a Dress or a Cover Up? Billboard Music Awards Edition
Hi. Remember me? I like to hang out here sometimes. When last we spoke, I was eating my way through London. Ah, those days. But let’s just go ahead and jump back into this whole blogging thing, shall we? Because how can we not talk about the fashions at the Billboard Music Awards. My friend…
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Cracking the Oyster Cracker Code
Yes, we went to London weeks ago, and yes, we’ve been back for a couple of weeks now, and yes, I owe the world some posts about the Ab Fab time we had. But to misquote Kanye, “Yo, London, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but….” (Sidenote: I had to bookmark this Wikisite…
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Finally, Cambodia
It is safe to say that Cambodia has not yet recovered from the horrors of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime of the late 1970s.
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A Plea to Old People at the Gym
Due to a variety of reasons (upcoming beach vacation, an uptick in free time, wishing to not be winded just by watering the garden, giving up on folding laundry because my arms got tired), my training-partner-for-eternity, XFE and I have been working on our fitness. Like, really working on it. Like, ordering overpriced paleo food…
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Singapore: First Impressions
Hey there! I’m back. Actually, I’ve been back for about a week or so, but between jet lag, and digging out of email/work/laundry, I haven’t even had a minute to start going through my photos and trip notes and coming up with some blog fodder. But, this morning’s news is reporting on the death of…