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The Reel Costs of Cruising

Aug 01, 2007 09:22PM ● By Don Kindred

Cruise lines tend to spin and strain our pocketbooks in many ways beyond the ticket cost of a seagoing trip. Whatever Bounding Main you journey on by ship, you get what you pay for, and there’s great value in living and dining in a floating horizontal hotel that takes you to destinations

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Reunion Ringmaster

Aug 01, 2007 09:13PM ● By Don Kindred

There are crowds everywhere for Mexico’s Independence Day. I knew that it was sheer folly to assemble family members in one place and try to please them all. There would be the star attractions, in-laws (or outlaws, as they are known within the family), adult children, teens and various family wannabees, all with their food preferences and aptitude, or not, for playing well with others.

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Late Summer in Baja

Aug 01, 2007 09:12PM ● By Greg Niemann

There are crowds everywhere for Mexico’s Independence Day. Many Southern Californians consider late summer and autumn the best time of year. The overcast days of May and June, along with those dog days of July and August are over.

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Exchanging Education in a Sister City

May 29, 2007 09:36PM ● By Don Kindred

A wild monkey in Gibralter.The flag of red and yellow waves from the top of every building and the streets are covered with cobblestones that have been trampled for hundreds of years by both horses and men.

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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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