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It’s a rough morning. You may have overindulged a little too much last night. You’d say “ooopps” but you’re on vacation. All you need now is a cup of strong coffee and a plate of something greasy to sop up last night’s fun. And a Bloody Mary… Then a blood-curdling scream comes from the table next to you. You feel it shoot from your temples to the back of your head –…
Read morePlanning a trip to Cancun can be complicated. Despite what local tourist boards want us to believe, we’ve clumped the entire stretch of sandy paradise that runs from Cancun down to Playa del Carmen under the heading of Cancun. After all, the same airport does service the entire area and has the word Cancun in the name. But is all of “Cancun” the same? Will you get the same experience whether you…
Read moreCancun is the center of many jokes here on The Wandering Gourmand. After all, the goal of the blog is to help aspiring travelers experience a world beyond mega-resorts, chain restaurants, and Bud Light. But I have a secret. Please don’t tell anybody. I actually like Cancun! Its bleach white sand and turquoise blue waters offer some of the prettiest beaches in the world. It’s also easily accessible from the continental United States and…
Read moreI have travelled all over the world and have never been robbed. We came out of Colombia unscathed and unmolested. We survived Rome without a pick pocket. We rode the subway in Munich drunker than we should have without a bother. We managed almost getting stranded on a volcano in Costa Rica. I made an emergency evacuation out of the Ecuadorian Amazon as the country was shutting down in national protests with all of…
Read moreFor some reason, vacations always seem to fall when I most need them. Regular followers of this blog may recall the hellish couple of months that led up to our sojourn to Italy – multiple family visits, my wife’s eye surgery, a bad car accident that totaled out our beloved Jetta Joan, the purchase of a new car, a cancellation notice from our auto insurance carrier, transitions at both of our jobs. …
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