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One Week Agenda Senegal

By |2020-04-16T03:57:01-05:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Advice, Africa|

One Week Agenda Senegal.  Here is my "perfect" agenda for a one week itinerary for the northern part (north of Gambia) of Senegal. Dakar My plane touched down from Lisbon in the wee hours of darkness. Despite the early days of Covid-19, I sped through immigration and received my entry stamp on arrival. My driver was [...]

Boy Interrupted, Travel In The Time Of Covid

By |2020-03-19T22:37:05-05:00March 19th, 2020|Categories: Advice, Africa, Asia, Europe|

Boy Interrupted, Travel In The Time Of Covid.  The spreadsheet had been tweaked and edited for months. Reviewed and rewritten. I had planned all my travels from January through October of 2020. And it was only October of 2019. I had set high ambitions for the year with a list of 19 new countries. And of [...]

Three Days In Brunei

By |2020-02-23T06:10:32-06:00February 23rd, 2020|Categories: Advice, Asia, Off The Beaten Path|

Three Days In Brunei.  Of South East Asia’s myriad and popular options, Brunei might be the least known country in the region (well, except for East Timor). Brunei is located on the island of Borneo, which it shares with Malaysia and Indonesia. The Sultanate of Brunei was an independent nation for some centuries, whose power waxed [...]

Worst Travel Company Ever

By |2020-01-03T01:36:30-06:00January 3rd, 2020|Categories: Advice, Asia|

Worst Travel Company Ever.  I started to plan my trip to Pakistan, and I began the process I have utilized many times before. I reached out to a couple of veteran, trusted travelers and asked for recommendations of a tour provider in Pakistan. I received two recommendations of local providers. I sent a couple of emails [...]

Two-Week Agenda In Uzbekistan

By |2019-12-22T14:36:23-06:00December 9th, 2019|Categories: Advice, Asia, Must-See|

Two-Week Agenda In Uzbekistan. Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s first leader from independence in 1991 to his death in 2016, ruled this country with an iron fist. His harsh policies overflowed and negatively impacted travelers to Uzbekistan. Upon Karimov’s death, Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency and the country made significant changes. Some of these positive changes positively effected [...]

Non-Seafood Options In Japan

By |2019-09-05T22:04:29-05:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Advice, Asia|

Non-seafood options Japan. Hello foodies! Excited about your trip to Japan? Endless conveyor belts of sushi and incredibly fresh seafood everywhere you look. But what happens if you do not eat seafood or fish? Should you cancel your trip or pack a dozen boxes of Cap'n Crunch to sustain yourself as you are inundated by [...]

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