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• Merida

  

  Everyone will tell you to eat here when in Merida, Mexico. Everyone, that is, but us.Pretty much everyone will give you the same restaurant recommendation for... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Mexican Food Surprises, Disappointments, and Discoveries

  

  Mmmm, salbutes After nearly three weeks in Mexico we’ve still only just scratched the surface of the country’s cuisine. And having only traveled in the Yucatan... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Uxmal, Our Favorite Mayan Site Anywhere

  

  We’ve visited ancient Mayan cities from Mexico’s Chichen Itza to Guatemala’s Tikal along with a slew of others in between. And while some of those sites are... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Mayan Ecotours to Celestun. No Bueno!

  

  On the plus side, we got to see flamingos. It was a first for us, and we are delighted to have had the opportunity. Unfortunately, we got to spend a total of... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• How to Visit the Mythical City of Chichen Itza

  

  Once one of the largest cities in the Mayan world and quite possibly one of the seven mythical locations of human origin, the ruins of Chichen Itza lies within ... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• The Mexican Folk Art of Casa De Los Venados

  

  It’s still early days, but spending an hour perusing the Mexican folk art decorating the private home of John and Dorianne Venator in Valladolid is the highligh... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Why is the Mexican Riviera So Expensive?

  

  Ek Balam, a popular day-trip from the Mexican coastFor the last several days I’ve been trying to understand why the Mexican portion of what is known as the Maya... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Too Much in Tulum

  

  I sense a storm brewingOn paper it looked right up our alley – a somewhat isolated spot on the Mayan Rivera complete with beautiful beaches and ancient ruins... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• The Cancun Everyone Misses

  

  Motorists whizzed past on all sides and from all directions. Some even drove backwards. If we hadn’t perfected the art of crossing seemingly rule-defying traffi... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• 2016 A Year of Living Extravagantly

  

  This photo we took in Grindelwald, Switzerland, last year has nothing at all to do with our plans for the coming yearWith 2015 drawing to a close our plans for... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Traveling Minstrals

  

  “If we tip over, no one is going to be able to save you but you.” Brian’s blunt but empowering words, torn from his mouth by the wind buffeting our... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Croatia for First Time (U.S.) Travelers

  

  Croatia surprised us in so many ways. We knew to expect good things because virtually everyone who’s ever visited has had only good things to say. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• It’s Time to Stop Bitching About Airfares

  

  This miraculous view is far cheaper than most anyone imagines.There’s a lot not to like about flying these days. Airport security screening is a colossal waste... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• A Long-awaited Roman Restaurant

  

  Fourteen years.As we walked through Rome, searching for the Trattoria Der Pallaro, anticipation began to build. After exiting the Campo de Fiori, a modest piazz... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Beating the Crowds in Rome

  

  It had been fourteen long years since we last visited Rome. And when we finally got back, our first thought was that we couldn’t believe we had waited so long t... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Is This the End of (affordable) Travel?

  

  We live in a golden age for travel. Never has the world been so accessible to so many. Growing middle classes in previously impoverished nations are taking to... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Greece Road Trip, Part 4: Mystras and Nafplio

  

  Palamidi Fortress, Nafplio, GreeceAfter two nights in the walled medieval stronghold of Monemvasia, we walked along its roughhewn stone streets for the last tim... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• EverywhereOnce Goes to Monemvasia

  

  Known to many as the Gibraltar of the East, the tiny Greek island fortress city of Monemvasia felt to us more like the Mont Saint Michel of the Mediterranean. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• The Goats of Kardamyli

  

  On the road again, our odyssey through Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula brought us from the grandiose ancient ruins of Olympia to Kardamyli, a tiny town that... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Greece Road Trip: Delphi and the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Part 1

  

  After ferrying around the Greek islands and seeing the classic sites in Athens, we set out to explore more of the mainland on a twelve-day road trip. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL