I’m inspired by old industrial landscapes. One of the best I’ve seen is in central Tampere Finland. Since they’re not in use anymore, the smokestacks are not belching out black smoke and toxins, but have […]
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Helsinki is defined by design. The city rebuilt itself in the wake of the Second World War and excelled at design. It was cutting edge and the world noticed. Helsinki is still pioneering the realm
Hot Dog and a Coke Icelanders drink the most Coca-Cola per-capita on earth. Not what you were expecting from Iceland? It’s true—they are Coca-Cola crazy. They tipple 30 gallons (115 liters) of the classic variety
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If there is one place you want to be able to capture great images of one of most incredible landscapes on earth, it’s Iceland. The good people at Happy Day’s Iceland and Esja Travel
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Geysir is one of the stops along the popular Golden Circle. This is the original tourist attraction of Iceland. In the late 1700s, Geysir (Geyser) was included in a British traveler’s guide and so introduced
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I nominated myself for the Capture the Color Contest by commenting on Suzy Guese‘s post. Capture the Color is a travel photography contest asking bloggers to post five travel photos according to the colors blue,
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It’s about time for a return to Europe. It’s been 2 ½ since I was abruptly and ungracefully whisked from my bohemian lifestyle in Madrid. How have I dealt with not being in Europe? By
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Thanks to Runaway Juno for handing me the baton in the blogger relay. Shaun and Erica at OverYanderLust are our Team Green captains who got things rolling. What we’re doing is sharing our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd favorite
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2012 US Road Trip in Numbers 39 Days on the Road 6,141 Miles (9,883 kilometers) 13 States Our Route We left from Virginia, taking about six days to reach our destination: the TBEX
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I always try to schedule a little less than I know I have time for at a destination. That way there’ll be time to squeeze in something spontaneous. I followed this rule while loosely planning
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What’s in Oak Ridge Tennessee? The short answer to this question is that a good friend of mine has parents that live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I had never met them, and he suggested we
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Navigating our road trip to the Very Large Array At dusk the evening before, we made a scramble for free camping in The Box. There is little information for The Box Canyon along Route 60, both
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History and Superlatives of Santa Fe We somehow brought the July monsoon with us from the north. It rained in Taos and continued in Santa Fe. There they were grateful for it. Santa
New Mexico: Land of Enchantment We left Great Sand Dunes after an early morning climbing to the top of these tallest dunes in North America. By 11am I saw the gigantic dunes shrinking
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Interior Design at Northern Quest I’m not an interior design expert nor do I know very much on the subject. I’ve only briefly touched on the topic when I wrote about malls in Singapore. I
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Somewhere west of Tulsa the landscape really opened up. Long rolling hills stretched under grazing cows and the occasional oil pumpjack dotted the view. We’d later learn from Debbie in Perry that the wheat was
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We left Lake Charles State Park before breakfast and made a quick stop at Lynn Supermarket in the small town of Lynn, Arkansas. It’s the kind of business that advertises “Old Fashioned Hometown Service!” in
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We got a late start out of Nashville, chatting around the breakfast table until nearly noon. We stopped at one of Nashville’s oddities that is the Parthenon—an exactly two-thirds-sized replica of the real thing
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Even though I make an effort to avoid the interstate highways, we couldn’t avoid Interstate 81 through Virginia. It took us in exactly the direction we needed to go and it’s got to be
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I’ve been road-tripping my whole life. It’s one of the quintessential American experiences. It’s something I want to revisit at different stages of my life. The road trip always manifests itself differently depending on your
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There aren’t too many places in China that I would recommend to digital nomads, but Dali is one of them. Dali is an ancient city, but among the old stone buildings and cobbled streets, there
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$1.25 in Your Vietnam Budget for Travel 25,000 dong sounds like a great sum of money. And it is for your Vietnam budget! Here’s what it gets you in one of the world’s best value
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Recommendations in Hoi An, Vietnam Here are some of my favorite recommendations in Hoi An, Vietnam. Trying hard not to dismiss Hoi An This has been a recurring theme in my travel. Show up in
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Why I became Interested in Travel as a Child When we grow up in one place, that becomes the norm for which we measure the world. When I was a child, that world was a
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