Last night I kept waking up thinking of things I needed to do before leaving today. I told my Alexa to give me reminders in the morning. Note to self: enunciation is important. I don't know what North Pole is, so it didn't get done (or packed, whatever the case may be).
When you are on a trip, sometimes there are funny mistakes around you. Earlier this year I went on a Caribbean cruise, and as we read the daily papers, we were sometimes entertained by mistakes that had been made. Here are a couple: And of course, there are always translation fails to …
In the past year, I've gone to half a dozen Caribbean islands, Thailand, Cambodia, and China. On each trip, I took hundreds to thousands of pictures (although many are just documenting signs, info, etc, not really "pictures" in the sense that they are pretty or interesting to look at). I feel like I just never …
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The people in Key West are a little bit odd and they like it that way. It's remote (although not as remote as it used to be), with only one way in and out and many residents have been there since before it was so "easily accessible" One part of Key West I particularly enjoyed …
So you are going to Ketchikan, what should you do? There are many activities you can set up in terms of hiking, kayaking, sailing, and wildlife viewing that are outside the city. If you want to stay in the city, there are still good choices. First there is a big Totem Pole center in town …
Continue reading Cruise tips – Ketchikan, Alaska – active and non-active pursuits
When going to a country where you don't speak the language, I recommend having a translation tool on your phone like google translate. . . . Google translate is very helpful, but sometimes has epic fails, like the above where the ice cream I was looking at translated to "he mutinied" or to the …
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