By Admin on March 4, 2010
ACROSS THE BORDER – Several travel-related issues along the U.S.-Mexico border are sure to raise some questions on this blog (and they already have started doing so), so I’m going to see if I can address them in this post: Is is safe to go to Tijuana? Is Mexico requiring that I have a passport to go [...]
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By Greg Gross on February 28, 2010
When it comes to bidding on airfares, hotels and the like, there’s more than one way to skin William Shatner, if you catch my drift! The concept of bidding for travel is something we all need to understand a little better. If you play the game right, it can save you some serious money. By now, we [...]
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By Admin on February 27, 2010
ELLIOTT.ORG – Everyone knows airline refunds can take a long time. But how long is too long? A month? Three months? Six months? If you said more than half a year, then meet Haley Richards and her husband, Eric, who have been patient — very patient. More
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By Karen Coates on February 24, 2010
It feels worlds away and ages ago, those crisp wintry days (and nights) we spent in Wisconsin shortly after Christmas. Jerry and I traveled north from my parents’ place to Wausau, to meet Jim, and to explore the world of Hmong cooking in America. Then south again, to Milwaukee, to taste the Hmong flavors found [...]
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By Karen Coates on February 23, 2010
This is the last week to catch an extraordinary Reyum exhibit, Measurements in Khmer Society. It takes you through history, through the market and rice field, through sunrise and sunset, and everything between, to explain every little way in which Khmer people have measured the important stuff of life. The French introduced the meter in [...]
Posted in Food, Travel | Tagged Cambodia, Khmer measurements, Reyum
By Karen Coates on February 18, 2010
One night, the lights go out in Battambang, and we are presented with the prospect of candlelight dining. This is a throwback to years past, when generators rumbled through the dark and electricity flickered on and off. We planned a patio dinner anyway; a few flames in the breeze would add ambiance to the meal. [...]
Posted in Food, Travel | Tagged Battambang, Cambodia, grilled chicken, grilled pork
By Karen Coates on February 10, 2010
Cambodia drives me to drink. Picture: riverfront sunsets with amber rays, light grazing across cocktail-hour boats and the saffron folds of a monk’s robe. Warm breeze, jasmine air. Pedicabs and pushcarts, buzzing mopeds, rumbling trucks. Kids selling postcards and photocopied books, and a seat at the sidewalk where I can watch it all (this can [...]
Posted in Food, Travel | Tagged beer snacks, Cambodia, Peanuts
By Karen Coates on February 7, 2010
We did something the other day that we hadn’t done in ages: we became tourists for a day. Just as the morning sun cast its butter-colored rays across Siem Reap, we caught a tuk-tuk to the temples. With one-day passes in our pockets, we joined the throngs at Angkor (my, how things have changed!). More.
Posted in Food, Travel | Tagged Angkor, Angkor Wat, Bayon, Cambodia
By Greg Gross on November 13, 2009
For most of my career, I’ve covered police, fire and paramedics. Basically, if it burned, bled or wore handcuffs, I wrote about it. But anyone who knew me knew what I really wanted to be writing about — travel. Now, finally, I am, via my blog, “I’m Black and I Travel!“
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