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![Playa Del Carmen & Chichen Itza](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_5b963f33fd0447d18840b9e57dcddaa8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_448,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_5b963f33fd0447d18840b9e57dcddaa8~mv2.webp)
Playa Del Carmen & Chichen Itza
As a kid, I went to Cancun two years in a row with my family and loved it. The Caribbean Sea was so blue and warm, the atmosphere was...
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Cleveland
I have written about plenty of places around the globe, but I have yet to share the one that I've spent more time in than all the others...
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Wellington
Kia ora! (That’s a Maori greeting you will hear often in NZ, although not as often as "sweet as, bro".) Where do I even start with...
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Myanmar
Imagine a poor, developing country with stray cats and dogs wandering the streets, kids running up to you and shaking bowls or trying to...
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Brisbane, Noosa, Surfers, & Byron Bay
It was strange to reach my final weeks in Australia. By that time, I was ready to move on, so parts of it almost felt like going through...
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Dublin, Galway, & the Cliffs of Moher
Ireland is a great country. I've loved it ever since I spent a semester studying in the north while I was in college. I've been to the...
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Bondi Holidays & Day Trips
I want to start with a story of genuine human kindness before I delve into some of the debauchery of the Christmas holidays (not all of...