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Yoga, Surfing, and Travel with Chanelle Sladics

10. March 2010

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Yoga, Surfing, and Travel with Chanelle Sladics

Chanelle Sladics is professional snowboarder and surfer raised in Newport Beach, California that has traveled the world for competitions. She’s had podium finishes in major venues such as the Winter X Games, the Winter Dew Tour, the Roxy Chicken Jam and continues to dominate. I had the opportunity to catch up with her [...]

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Heli-Hiking in North America

27. January 2010

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Heli-Hiking in North America

Why drive to a popular hiking trail head to only park your car in a crowded lot when you can take a helicopter to a remote hiking area in the mountains? The problem for heli-skiing operators is how to keep earning revenue after winter and early spring seasons. Heli-hiking brings the best of both worlds [...]

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10 Great Tips for Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro

20. January 2010

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10 Great Tips for Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro

This is a guest post by Dave and Deb of ThePlanetD.com. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was one of the most memorable experiences of our life. It gave such a sense of pride standing on the roof of Africa. We had just made [...]

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Cleveland, Ohio: Our Food and Drink Gastronomical Tour

7. January 2010

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Cleveland, Ohio: Our Food and Drink Gastronomical Tour

Cleveland not only rocks the music scene – as this city houses the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – but it also rocks the food and drink world in the midwestern United States. The city has dealt with a huge decline in the steel and heavy machinery industries but a majority of these buildings [...]

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10 Airline Passengers I Want To Punch In The Face

23. December 2009

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I’m really not an aggressive person – even though I’m an Aries and have dark red-hair – but there are a few types of airline passengers that drive me insane. This is a list of ten stereotypical airline passengers that I can’t stand and would love to knock some sense into them, if it [...]

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Fumbling My Way Through France

18. December 2009

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A ‘best worst travel story’ guest post by travel writer Candice Walsh from CandiceDoesTheWorld.com.
This story is my travel shame. I hesitated to tell anyone about this event for months, because not only do I look like an idiot, but I look like an idiot who picks on people with disabilities.

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4 Great Après Ski and Snowboard Resorts

25. November 2009

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4 Great Après Ski and Snowboard Resorts

There is nothing more satisfying then the apres ski scene – drinking a cold beer with friends after a long day of skiing or snowboarding is simply priceless. The problem is that not all ski and snowboard resorts have really great places to enjoy after hitting the slopes all day. This post showcases four great [...]

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10+ Bizarre Facts of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas

19. November 2009

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10+ Bizarre Facts of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas

The Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas set sail on October 31st, 2009 and became the largest cruise ship in the world – for now! My problem is that every major news outlet is publishing stories about the transatlantic voyage and how it barely fit under a Danish bridge. We are putting a different spin [...]

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10 Ways To Spot An American Tourist

13. November 2009

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10 Ways To Spot An American Tourist

More than 24,000,000 million Americans travel overseas each year to countries such as Mexico, Italy, Jamaica, Greece or Costa Rica. The problem is that a majority of us American’s are beyond easy spot! This can make locals treat us differently or even worse we increase the chances of endangering our safety.

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Park City Winter Weekend Itinerary

29. October 2009

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Park City Winter Weekend Itinerary

The home of the 2002 Winter Olympics continues to be an easy to reach winter resort for a weekend trip. The skiing party town of Park City is packed with great bars, restaurants and of course three amazing ski resorts! The close proximity of downtown Park City, Utah to Park City Resort, Deer Valley and [...]

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