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Case Against Shore Excursions on the Norwegian Sky

I cruised for the first time with my wife and another couple in 2010. We opted not to click the shore excursion box when we booked the trip. Those tiny jpeg thumbnails that accompany descriptions surely don’t accurately depict the experiences. We feared we would get stuck on a tiny tour boat for three hoursRead the rest of this entry »

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Yalaha Bakery / Around Central Florida

Since moving to Central Florida I’ve heard people rave about the Yahala Bakery 50 minutes outside of Orlando. On Memorial Day Sunday I took a rare local road trip to see it.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Salvador, Brazil

Photos from my day trip to Salvador, Brazil in October 2009.

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