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The Parisian's Paris

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Today I have another inspiring travel video to share. The video features Paris in a different light that we are used to seeing. Not just its famous museums with the Mona Lisa and french fries croissants. Because stereotypes are just that.  Stereotypes heard about destinations at one point did represent the place accurately. But they are often years behind the real deal. Paris … [Read more...] about The Parisian's Paris

One Way Ticket to Ecuador

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I am back in Ecuador for the first time since July 2007.  My flight was delayed 5 hours in Miami but after $20 in free food from the airline and a painless 4 hour flight I arrived at 3 in the morning. The next day was busy. I went from working every day not leaving my Mom's house in Miami to hanging out with friends all day. I walked … [Read more...] about One Way Ticket to Ecuador

Get More Than Just Your Shots

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You should always get shots before traveling. Everybody knows this, although seem to ignore the warnings. Of course, in an increasingly globalized world, many places you travel to are not going to have much in the way of exotic diseases. When I came to London, for example, I didn't worry about getting shots. Although if there was a shot that made you look the right way when … [Read more...] about Get More Than Just Your Shots

"The Smoke that Thunders"

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My destination Zimbabwe is more or less a broken country. It has pretty much every problem that a modern nation state could have. It has an aging, violent autocratic ruler who tampers with election results in order to stay in power. It has hyper inflation so bad that they don't even use the local currency anymore. There is very little freedom of … [Read more...] about "The Smoke that Thunders"