Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

January 9, 2011 2

Scopolamine: The Definitive Answer

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You’ve all heard the stories — business cards or pamphlets being passed, having it blown from a beautiful woman’s palm like pixie dust, and being slipped into drinks and food in bars. If you speak to locals, it runs rampant in Colombia, as is as much of a boogie man as the one hiding in [...]

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December 31, 2010 0

There one goes, here one comes…

By in Thoughts, Travel

2010 out the rear, 2011 fast and coming… The truth is our parents were right. The years do pick up speed as you go. Only a year ago we rang in the new year and welcomed the Olympics, and here we are — the cusp of 2011, like a brimming cup of water on the [...]

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May 23, 2010 5

Across the Universe/Uruguay. 5 days livin’ in a VW Golf.

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May 12-17, 2010 was our timeframe. The plan was to travel to all the major spots in Uruguay, in 5 days. On the list? Punta del Diablo – Small hippie/surfer town. Far east. Nice beaches, friendly people. Punta del Este – Tourist hot spot. Montevideo – The country capital city. Population: 1.4m. Of interest? Capital [...]

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