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    Thanks Kred! Top 1% Elite Influencer in Travel

    Friday, May 24, 2013

    We Said Go Travel was named a Top 1% Influencer in Travel in May 2013! Thanks Kred! What is Kred? “Kred, created by social analytics leader PeopleBrowsr, measures influence in online communities connected by interests. Kred celebrates the personal influence and generosity at the heart of human relationships-tight groups of friends and subject matter experts. Kred [...]

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    Tanzania: Freedom in Motion

    Thursday, May 23, 2013

    I wasn’t thinking of anything when I turned and saw the sun brimming at the horizon. I didn’t need to think, I needed to move – the end was close. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind I wouldn’t make it, just whether I would summit before sunrise vanished. The stars to the north were [...]

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  • Myanmar: Enjoying Hsipaw Town (video)

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013

    WATCH: 16 Enjoying Hsipaw Town, Myanmar (Burma)  While in Hsipaw, we wandered the town and saw many changes. The movie theater is gone and there is a brand new bank and store that sells solar panels. Most people still wear traditional longyi and there are many types of trucks and tractors in the street. We stayed [...]

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    Three Generations in Israel – Part 3

    Tuesday, May 21, 2013

    Day 7 – Today is about life in Israel through the eyes of people like me.  In celebration of Yom Haatzmaut, our hosts invite us to join them for their holiday celebrations. The first party is at a beautiful home and are immediately greeted by its owner, an American and her Israeli husband. They are [...]

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  • Magnificent bull elephant, Chawang, salutes visitors as they enjoy a tram ride in Singapore's Night Safari. Chawang, the park's largest resident, is one of five Asian elephants that calls this attraction home.

    Singapore: My Trip to the Zoo with My Parents

    Monday, May 20, 2013

    Just before my nephew was born in December 2000, my parents came to visit me at work. I was living on a “Renaissance Cruises” ship amidst a fifty-day sailing from Athens, Greece to Bangkok, Thailand. Being the senior assistant cruise director, passengers had seen me on television, on stage, in the halls and in port [...]

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Apr
29

Vermont Deficit Disorder: Finding Peace In The Green Mountains (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

This is part two of a two-part series on the restorative splendors of Vermont. Read Part One Here. Not much past The Long Trail Brewery, named after the 273-mile footpath that runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, paralleled for most of its length by Route 100, I trundle into the Vermonster, the [...]

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Apr
28

Los Angeles: The Mystic Fool Needs Bloodline Healing

Book Review: The Mystic Fool By Andy Hill Ian, the main character, is the quintessential twenty-something adrift in Asia consuming drugs, drink and tattoos. Slowly his spiritual side is shown starting with his knowledge of being in “Saturn Return when Saturn come back to the same place relative to Earth when you were born roughly the ages [...]

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Apr
27

Myanmar: Moving about in Mandalay (video)

WATCH: Moving about in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) September 30, 2012 When we arrived in the large highway bus station, I asked a man for Royal Guesthouse. He left and Toto appeared (yes, like from Wizard of Oz). He said, “I am a representative of Royal Guesthouse but I left at 2pm so I am not sure [...]

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Feb
27

Yangon: Through the Open Window (video)

WATCH: Yangon, Through the Open Window Our night in Yangon began with finding a hotel. After seeing several hostels, we settled for a room at Beautyland II. There were a few issues including the room having broken air conditioning. The two fans kept us cool. The open window did turn out to be an opportunity [...]

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Feb
24

Nepal: Where in the World are Lisa and George?

Hello from Nepal! Thank you for your support of our site! Our first Travel Writing Contest had over eighty entries. I hope you are enjoying reading them all. I have had a few emails wondering, “Where in the world are Lisa and George?” We are trekking to Poon Hill in Nepal. The most up-to-date news [...]

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Feb
14

Inspiration Travel Writing Contest: Do it Today!

We hope that today, February 14th, you are INSPIRED to enter our contest! We Said Go Travel Writing Contest: Free Entry, Cash Prizes, Raffle WeSaidGoTravel.com invites you to enter its 2013 Travel Writing Contest with a $200 first-place prize and no fee for entry. The theme for the Winter 2013 contest is “Inspiration: A Place [...]

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Feb
13

Park City, Utah in the 70′s

The Park City Rental Company invited me to share my recollections of Park City Past. In 1979, I remember when we finally got to Park City because of the traffic light. There was such a long stretch of nothing where the Red Stone Mall is now, and then we would turn right at the light [...]

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