Travel
A Walk Down 5th Avenue
The main street in Playa del Carmen, 5th Avenue, is a wide boulevard running north to south parallel to the sea. It’s packed with shops and restaurants ready to tempt the pocketbooks and tastebuds of every tourist. The street becomes a pedestrian-only zone each evening, not that we saw much traffic on it during the […]
Mexico, Part Dos
In our previous post “Tourist vs. Traveler” we explained how we traveled to Mexico and didn’t have the best experience. We stayed at a resort, the tour we booked wasn’t the best and we totally felt cut off from the rest of the country. We left thinking we wouldn’t go back. But, as mentioned in […]
$50
I recently came a cross a travel book in my neighborhood book shop Curious Iguana that said right on the cover “How to travel the world on $50 a day” and let me tell you my skepticism was was sent into high gear. I just had to pick it up and give it a good […]
Lasers In Space
Pew! Pew! Also: please read the title of this blog post like this guy: Now that THAT’s out of my system, let’s get to the serious stuff. As you may have already read, we attended the launch of NASA’s LADEE spacecraft from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island September 6th. LADEE is on its […]
Athens: Then and Now
I, like a lot of hoarders, happened to have several old and out-of-date books on my reference shelf and as you can imagine several are on Greece. So I thought we’d take trip back in time to the summer of 1983, a bygone era when the Police were at number one with their stalker-y hit […]
A Short Stay in the Eternal City
When we hear someone speak of Rome the name alone evokes imagery of togas, Gladiators, pasta and more than 2,800 years of history. It’s called the Eternal City for a reason, and with all that history there are plenty of highlights to fill any trip. I have a short list based on a 2-day time […]
The Cost of Our African Safari
We knew our safari in Tanzania would be a trip of a lifetime, and it was. We also knew it would cost us a lot more than our typical getaway, and it did. Was it worth it? Hell yeah. Would we do it again? In a heartbeat. That said, we thought others who share our […]
A Visit to Venice
It was mentioned to me in passing recently that my post were a little heavy on the Hellanism (Greece). So in this post we’ll take a look at Venice, Italy and best bets when visiting the city. I would first like to explain if you are just visiting Earth from a far-off planet (welcome!), the […]
Greek Island Hopping: Ios
I like to think if Peter Pan took place in Greece the island of Ios would be Never Land. The sun-drenched island just to the north of Santorini in the Cycladic Archipelago is the place where the ferry stops and every college student with a backpack disembarks. I came across my very own Never Land […]
Bang for Your Travel Buck: Mexico
We woke up a couple of weekends ago and realized that we had yet to plan a vacation for my scheduled time off in September. So, being the would-be jet setters that we are, Amanda gave me a challenge: $1,000, pick a vacation and, well, go. I gladly accepted. The first thing I did was […]
