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Six Reminders from TBEX Toronto

Six Reminders from TBEX Toronto

by on July 2, 2013 in Events

After weeks of reflection about the most recent TBEX (Travel Blogging EXchage) conference in Toronto, I’ve come to realize what I really learned from attending the conference. Yes, it is a great place to meet PR, tourism boards, travel businesses, and especially other travel bloggers to create connections and develop partnership ideas, etc.. Each year […]

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A Lesson Learned on the Pacaya Volcano Hike in Guatemala

A Lesson Learned on the Pacaya Volcano Hike in Guatemala

by on November 9, 2011 in Adventure Mindset, Destination

Admission to the park was prepaid with my tour, but the guide insisted I needed to pay (again). Even my conversational Spanish proved useless. It seemed my tour operator from Antigua took me for an an extra 50 Quetzales when I prepaid. I became angry. It wasn’t the money, but the principle of it that made me […]

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A Test with an Apple

A Test with an Apple

by on April 25, 2010 in Reflection

A test. We all receive them. My most recent came this past week. I returned from my travels to the confirmation I feared. My hard drive was corrupt; data unsalvageable. Yes, I back up occasionally, but my most recent drafts, chapters and some photographs would be lost. Not easy to swallow. Then I tried to […]

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