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The Verticalization of Baja

Apr 29, 2007 10:05PM ● By Greg Niemann

With over 700,000 Americans now living throughout Mexico, including a goodly number in Baja, this article might have been titled “The Americanization of Baja.” However, with hi-rise buildings, sprouting vertically like beanstalks in springtime, rapidly changing the coastline, the verticalizing of Baja seemed more appropriate.

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Where the Hell is Healdsburg?

Apr 29, 2007 10:04PM ● By Don Kindred

The title was the response of the first person I mentioned my travel plans to...

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Two Itchy Feet One Ticket to GO

Feb 02, 2007 10:39PM ● By Don Kindred

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...Lao Tzu It’s happening again - that old familiar tingling in your soles while your tortured soul yearns to escape the mundane, everyday life.

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FOOD ON THE FLY (not flies on your food...)

Nov 30, 2006 10:49PM ● By Don Kindred

Olives from Alexandria, Egzypt.You’ll have to admit not every meal can be appetizing when you don’t really know what it is, especially when you are far away from home. Unappealing, questionable and monotonous fare can ruin a trip, but what to do when everything seems so very foreign and alien to your taste?

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Spanning the Globe

Nov 30, 2006 10:47PM ● By Don Kindred

The North Pole.Move over Admiral Peary, Captain Cook, and Admiral Byrd. We’ve got a San Clemente explorer who’s traveled from South Pole to North Pole. Four years ago, local resident Bob Harner visited Antarctica, known as the “…coldest, driest, and wildest place on earth.”

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Katrina - The Struggle to Bring Hope

Nov 30, 2006 10:38PM ● By Don Kindred

The FEMA ‘Trailer of Hope’. As we live and thrive in the hills of San Clemente, it is easy to forget what a monster our sea can be. The Asian tsunami catastrophes were an ocean away from Southern California.

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What’s This I Hear About Colombia?

Feb 05, 2006 12:55PM ● By Don Kindred

La Candelaria in downtown Bogatá.Drug cartels,” “guerillas,” “kidnapping,” and “pickpockets.”

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Hot Air Balooning Riding So High in the Sky

Feb 05, 2006 12:41PM ● By Don Kindred

There is no mistaking the gentle appeal of brightly colored balloons rising slowly and gracefully into the air. Children squeal with joy at the sight, while adults watch with necks craned and eyes skyward in fascination and wonder.

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The New & Improved La Costa Resort & Spa: How to Get a Million Miles Away on Two Gallons of Gas.

Nov 05, 2005 04:44PM ● By Don Kindred

The original concept of the travel section was to focus on things that could be done within a couple of hours from town. Although we’ve grown, and our writers have become more worldly, the irst, I have to thank Curtis McBride, a partner at the Jon Wayne Construction Company in San Diego.

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An Ancient City Provides A Magical Holiday

Nov 05, 2005 04:42PM ● By Don Kindred

Playa Requeson in the Sea of Cortez.Excitement stirred the hot, humid air in June of 2005.

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