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The Retrospective Traveler: Goodbye, red double-deckers
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Tuesday, December 13, 2005. Goodbye, red double-deckers. 8221; Instead, Londoners I found Londoners to be normal people, just riding the subway in an orderly fashion. Replacement bus. That would happen in America, undoubtedly, along with the stream of lawsuits suing over the mental trauma of having a bus door open on up on the freeway. Not in El Salvador. News stories and blogs are filled with people over the last few days lamenting the loss of the doubl...
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The Retrospective Traveler: Betting everything on black
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Monday, August 06, 2007. Betting everything on black. In almost everything I do in my life, I take the outcome, analyze it and apply it to other areas of my life. I’ve always had an instinctive introspection for as long as I can remember in a semi-successful attempt to stop learning “things the hard way.” Either way, I always have something new to think about. I’m on a roll! This can never end! I better stop before my luck runs out. So, once again the de...
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The Retrospective Traveler: Georges and the Hospitable New Yorkers
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Friday, March 17, 2006. Georges and the Hospitable New Yorkers. The year was 1998 and the time was 4:03PM on a balmy Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, Florida. The office know-it-all, Lanny, sidled in over the Vice President of Operations and quizzed us all on what a hurricane was. “Do any of you…. know… what a hurrrrry-cane is? 8220;Well, anyone? 8221; Lanny insisted. 8221; she asked. 8220;Not sure. I think I’ll stay here or drive to Alabama or so...8220;Yo...
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The Retrospective Traveler: Airports are weird places.
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Monday, January 09, 2006. Airports are weird places. I am sitting here on a black pleather chair, domestic terminal, San Francisco International Airport. I’m surrounded by people from all aspects of life. College kids from Berkeley sitting on the floor while there is ample seating (maybe they don’t know the seemingly leather chairs are fake leather? Homeland Security put out an “Orange Alert” recently, after all. You see, interesting things happen when t...
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The Retrospective Traveler: The Hottest Place I've Ever Been pt II: Volcan Pacaya
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Monday, June 19, 2006. The Hottest Place I've Ever Been pt II: Volcan Pacaya. Forging on, the hike became a trudge as the elevation increased and dirt path turned into scree, talus and sand. The steep angle and lack of footing meant that for every three steps up the volcano you slid back 2. We had to stop numerous times because the old ladies just couldn’t make it and the Scots were adamant that we wait for them. Do you smell that? Monday, June 19, 2006.
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The Retrospective Traveler: The Whiskey Rebellion
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Sunday, May 14, 2006. Pretty soon, the whiskey was opened up and the bottle was handed straight to me. Everyone seemed hesitant to take a drink. I wanted so bad to stay the hero for the night that I grabbed the bottle, held my breath and took the biggest swig of whiskey I possibly could, swallowed it down and let out a bellowing laugh and shouted, "Damn that's some fine drink! You’ll have to keep reading to find out about that one. Sunday, May 14, 2006.
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The Retrospective Traveler: The Hottest Place I’ve Ever Been, Part I
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Sunday, April 16, 2006. The Hottest Place I’ve Ever Been, Part I. I’ve been to some pretty hot places. Note to Miller Brewing Company: there’s an idea for your “Real American Hero” ad campaign. We salute you, Glory Hole Drillers.). Chupa mi verga, pinche cabron. But that’s about it. What made this particular outhouse so terrible was that a shit soiled copy of the Spanish language newspaper. Always seemed to wait for me on the floor when I pulled my pants...
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The Retrospective Traveler: Vegas, baby, Vegas!
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A retrospective on various travels and adventures. Wednesday, February 15, 2006. Vegas, baby, Vegas! Off one of the two main freeways that lead East, the Interstate 10, there’s a pretty odd but nonetheless cool town called Cabazon. It’s home to the same giant dinosaurs that were in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. It’s a nice stop to get some food, look at the dinosaurs and stretch your legs if you’re on a road trip to Havasu (aka The River) or Phoenix. Into ghost towns or a sucker for novelty like I am.
