Chris Around The World: Your Guide to Value Luxury Vacations
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My husband and I went to southeast Asia on our three-week honeymoon back in October 2007, so the report is a bit older – and longer – than others. We spent three full days in Siem Reap and visited Angkor Wat (touring with a guide), visited a school supported by the Ponheary Ly Foundation and [...]
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My trip report from St Kitts is up. Going into the trip, I didn’t know much about St. Kitts, other than it – along with sister island Nevis – was the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere. I discoverd that besides being beautfiful, the island has a rich and tragic history rooted in the slave-based [...]
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With everything that’s been on my plate, it’s taken forever to write up the final notes from my October trip to Colonial Mexico. For our last stop on our four-day tour through central Mexico highlands, we spent two days in San [...]
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At long last, my report and photos from Grenada is up. I enjoyed Grenada and felt that it was a good island for people with diverse interests. You can be hiking in the rainforest in the morning and enjoying a beautiful beach in the afternoon. I was also impressed with the diversity of cuisine (although [...]
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My trip report from our St. Vincent & the Grenadines vacation is up. As I’ve said in previous posts on Mustique and Tobago Cays, this was one of the most relaxing trips that Don and I have ever taken. It’s nice to slow down once in a while! And SVG is a great place to do [...]
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I’ve put together two trip reports so far from my week in Mexico: Guadalajara and Guanajuato. San Miguel de Allende is still to come (and may have to wait until I get back from the Caribbean). I really loved this region of Mexico, Guanajuato in particular. I would love to go back and study Spanish [...]
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My husband and I went to southeast Asia on our three-week honeymoon back in October 2007, so the report is a bit older – and longer – than others. Our trip took us to Bangkok, Chiang Dao in the north and Phuket in the south. To read the report, click here.
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My husband and I took a three-day road trip from Mesa in the Phoenix area to the Navajo Nation, in the northeastern corner of Arizona. It was a gorgeous drive, taking us through most of the state’s eco-systems, and along part of historic Route 66. My extensive trip report on the places we went …
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I’m still writing up the notes from my Arizona vacation, but in the meantime, I figured I’d post the final part of my “Sin Week” trip – the New Orleans segment. We came in on the Wednesday before Mardi Gras so I could ride in the Krewe of Muses parade (I’ve been a member for several [...]
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I went to Las Vegas with my husband, my sister and my sister’s boyfriend last February, as the second leg of our Sin Week trip that also encompassed Death Valley and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. While we only spent two days in Vegas, we were able to see a show, eat a few meals and enjoy [...]
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