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me in Albuequerque

Solo-Travel is good for the soul...

When I was about 20 I decided to go to Italy with a group of people that I really didn't know well. One of my professors was hosting the trip. I met a great group of folks but it was my first taste of independent travel. They wanted

The Beach in Rio

Will you watch my cans? Another adventure in Rio

When we travel to other parts of the world, we like to go where the locals go. Especially for drinks. We sometimes find ourselves in funny situations, like this one time in Rio where a guy asked us to watch his stash. We went to Rio for my birthday a

Cafe du Monde!!! New Orleans, NOLA

New Orleans - The land of food, fun and festivities!

I live in Houston and New Orleans is just far enough for a good long weekend trip but not too far that will require you to fly. So, it becomes a great alternative for college kids rather than Cancun or other beach towns. Then as you get older you start

Sunset at the top of Mauna Kea

You can see the rings of Saturn from Mauna Kea

One of the highlights to our trip to the Big Island was going up top of Mauna Kea. It was such a remarkable experience and I would recommend anyone do it while on the island. If you are big into stars, I think it is worth the trip to the

Photo of my travel books

Books

I read. A LOT. Several books a month. Fiction, non-fiction. I just like a good story. Here are the books that I recommend by category. I have read all of them and also provided reviews on amazon as to what I thought. If you aren't sure about a

Philadelphia Mural Tour

Murals are not graffiti...

I love street art. The way an artist openly expresses their talent. Of course I have this internal conflict as what is right vs wrong - the artist did just deface property. The Philadelphia Mural Tour opened my eyes to the process of street art, the rules, and how to

Christ Redeemer Rio Brazil

Trains in Rio are sometimes not what they seem...

I have written about Rio before in my blog but I was telling someone the other day about going up to see the statue of Christ the Redeemer. I thought it was worth its own post... Let's just go ahead and suppose that most people of the educated