On my way to Peru
I’m heading to South America for the second time, and at 11:55 tonight I’ll be on my way to Peru. Right now I’m sitting in the AeroMexico lounge at the airport in Mexico City awaiting my flight.
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That feeling when plans keep changing
My plans keep changing. Remember when I was going to go to Israel and Jordan in the fall of 2020? We all know what happened next. I rescheduled for the fall of 2021. In late 2020, a vaccine was on the horizon, and once I was vaccinated, I was planning to be on the go…
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Nayarit: One more road trip before the end of the year
I’m taking a road trip to Nayarit! Since the pandemic, I’ve had to postpone or cancel some plans for overseas travel. But I’m trying to make up for it by seeing Mexico. Already this year I’ve been to on a road trip to the states of Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, and on tours to Guanajuato and…
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Out with Israel, in with [read on]
After almost two years of planning my trip to Israel, today I canceled.
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Planning: Like Juggling Live Fish
Planning my upcoming trip to Turkey, Ethiopia, Israel, and Jordan has become a huge challenge. And considering I’m going on a tour, that’s a pretty remarkable statement. I’ve planned complete two- and three-week adventures all by myself, and it hasn’t been this complicated. I’ve already postponed this trip twice due to Covid, and now it…
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My next trip: Copper Canyon
For my next adventure, I’m going to Copper Canyon (in Spanish, Las Barrancas del Cubre), in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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An Impulsive Guanajuato Getaway
Guanajuato has been called the most beautiful city in Mexico and it’s definitely the most attractive city we’ve visited. Simon Fairbairn and Erin McNeaney, Never Ending Voyage
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My Pueblos Mágicos Road Trip: Stops and Stays
I’m looking forward to my upcoming road trip, and I’m trying to learn a little about the places I’m going, my stops and stays, before I leave. I’m happy to share some of my research with my friends and family and whoever else reads my blog. If you don’t want all the details, here’s a TL;DR…
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Pueblos Mágicos: A road trip
So guess what that means: I’m going to take a road trip!
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Israel-Plus: Postponements and a new itinerary
In early January 2020 I booked a tour to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine for October and November of that year. I postponed the trip last summer, scheduling it instead for October and November 2021. Then, this week, I decided to postpone it again. I’ve rebooked for February and March of 2022.
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Plans for 2021: Here’s Hoping!
After a promising start, 2020 turned out to be a bust for travel. In January I took a three-day trip to see the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in eastern Michoacán, with two nights in Morelia and a stop in Pátzcuaro on the way home. And in February I had the chance to visit Cuba with…
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My Cuba Itinerary
Just a week from tomorrow I’ll be on my way to Cuba! On my first trip to Europe in 1989 I went to Hungary, which was still behind the Iron Curtain. This trip feels like that.
