El Salvador is Spanish for…”The Salvador!” My 2014 visit to El Salvador was part of challenge to visit all of the Americas before turning 40. Since this was during the days before my serious traveling–and before my travel writing–the details will be sparse. I wish I would’ve kept a journal back then, because my quick, two-night stop…
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There’s no doubt Colombia is a fantastic place to visit–but which city to choose? The nation’s major districts are nothing alike. Luckily, R Dub runs ’em down for you, story by story and photo by photo and you may be surprised by his favorite. Why is/was Colombia so special to me? Colombia was the very…
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On the way to the car, the driver sent and received a few texts. I wondered if he was was notifying the bad guys that we were en route so they’d know where to pull us over and rob or kidnap me. I learned you can’t trust anyone in Venezuela, and my life was…
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She’s Got That Vibe Ever since I started traveling frequently, I’ve noticed one thing: I’m usually able to get a “vibe” about a new place from very the instant that arrive: within the hour, sometimes even after the first few minutes after stepping off the plane. Good or bad, or sometimes in-between, it doesn’t take my brain long…
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Taiwan Take One The details are sketchy. I took this trip before I was a serious blogger, so today, as I write this–four years after the trip–I have only a handful of photos and some scattered memories to share with you. Most of the other articles on this website include well chronicled tales with hour-by-hour…
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My uncle summed it up best when he told me that “I have more balls than brains.” That was his message to me on facebook when he discovered I went to North Korea. I can’t argue with him. He’s probably right. And now, I’m sitting here shaking my head at my decision to travel to the world’s…
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THEE best two burgers on the planet…And you’ll probably never get to try the second one! *** THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2016…SEE 2023 UPDATE BELOW *** This is another hands-down number one award winner, with no one else even coming close. The Juicy Lucy from 5-8 Club is a Minneapolis legend: an ubër-flavorful hamburger with…
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Sometimes the best “anything” comes by surprise–and that’s always such a delight. How many times are we recommended something–being told, “You have to have it, it’s the best”–only to be disappointed when we finally do try it? High expectations will do that to you. But then, once in a great while, you stumble upon the…
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