China: helpful free apps
These apps are great to have installed before you go so they are ready to use as you need a...
Great news! Automatic refunds for some instances of flight delays/changes/etc
Check out this article: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-rule-requiring-automatic-refunds-airline This new airline rule makes it that airlines have to refund you AUTOMATICALLY if they...
News of the Good: VR helps dementia patients
A company called Rendevor has a VR system that can help older adults including those with dementia. The system offers...
Travel tips: Dealing with the heat, humidity, and sun
While I was in Cartagena, the daytime temperature was often only in the high 80s but the heat index was...
Barbados – Harrison's Cave (with bonus monkeys)
Cruise port: Barbados – Harrison’s Cave I like caves. I’ve ziplined in a cave. I’ve tubed through a cave. And...
News of the Good: some KitKat wrappers in Japan will be origami paper rather than plastic
Story here. The Kit Kat wrappers will now include instructions for how to fold the paper into an origami crane. ...
Chicago area peeps: A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.
Around Halloween, there is a corn maze in Chicago. And this is actually in the city of Chicago, not one...
My best travel tips: money
Having traveled a lot (over 50 countries at this point), I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve had some near-disasters...
Pampered street cats of Istanbul (Turkey)
This is the cat that “guarded” my hotel in Istanbul. He was there each night and didn’t mind people coming...
A fun experience at home with your friends – Escape Rooms in a box
Escape rooms are the current rage and my friends and I really enjoy them. What’s an escape room? An escape...
