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  • Windoor Real Fly, Empuriabrava, Girona, Spain I learned a lot about the Costa Brava region during my time in Spain. Little facts like Salvador Dali used to live there, there’s a restaurant where every dish incorporates edible flowers, and “Costa Bravans” sure do like their anchovies. Smithsonian Magazine even dubs part...28April 23, 2013

    Tunnel Vision: The Indoor Skydiving Experience

    Windoor Real Fly, Empuriabrava, Girona, Spain I learned a lot about the Costa Brava region during my time in Spain. Little facts like Salvador Dali used to live there, there’s a restaurant where every dish incorporates edible flowers, and “Costa Bravans” sure do like their anchovies. Smithsonian Magazine even dubs part…

  • La Calendula Restaurant, Girona, Spain I’ve admitted in the past I’m not much of a foodie – eating for me leans more towards necessity than indulgence (says the guy who ate a rat.) So during a recent blogger trip to Spain with Charming Villas Catalonia, when we were told we’d be going to visit a...31April 18, 2013

    Stop and…Eat the Roses?

    La Calendula Restaurant, Girona, Spain I’ve admitted in the past I’m not much of a foodie – eating for me leans more towards necessity than indulgence (says the guy who ate a rat.) So during a recent blogger trip to Spain with Charming Villas Catalonia, when we were told we’d be going to visit a…

  • If you haven’t had a dwile flonked at you while girting, you haven’t lived. Or you haven’t lived in Britain. How about competitive nettle-eating? Shin-kicking? Gravy wrestling? Brits love a weird challenge – the more improbable and stupid the better. These feats of futility don’t have to involve the potential...3April 16, 2013

    Eccentric (and Often Absurd) English Events and Traditions

    If you haven’t had a dwile flonked at you while girting, you haven’t lived. Or you haven’t lived in Britain. How about competitive nettle-eating? Shin-kicking? Gravy wrestling? Brits love a weird challenge – the more improbable and stupid the better. These feats of futility don’t have to involve the potential…

  • The Tree of Life in Bahrain Evil Me instantly thinks, “This is it? A scraggly pile of sticks rising up out of the sand?”  Good Me thinks,  “But it’s a 400-year old tree, in the middle of the Bahrain desert, with no known source of water. That’s kinda cool. Isn’t it?...15April 11, 2013

    The Good Me/Evil Me Take on The Tree of Life in Bahrain

    The Tree of Life in Bahrain Evil Me instantly thinks, “This is it? A scraggly pile of sticks rising up out of the sand?”  Good Me thinks,  “But it’s a 400-year old tree, in the middle of the Bahrain desert, with no known source of water. That’s kinda cool. Isn’t it?…

  • I’d secretly love to catch a glimpse into life in Saudi Arabia, but with my big mouth and liberal leanings, this is probably as close as I’m going to get — the King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia with Bahrain. For a mere 2 Bahraini dinars (about 5 bucks) anyone...51April 8, 2013

    From Bahrain to Saudi Arabia on the King Fahd Causeway

    I’d secretly love to catch a glimpse into life in Saudi Arabia, but with my big mouth and liberal leanings, this is probably as close as I’m going to get — the King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia with Bahrain. For a mere 2 Bahraini dinars (about 5 bucks) anyone…

  • Ahhh…Britain. The very word conjures up visions of regal pomp, high tea, and royal scandal. But it’s not all high brow hoopla, there are plenty of offbeat and off-the-wall attractions if you do a little digging, and no where is this more evident than in Britain’s museums. While it still...4March 27, 2013

    5 Quirky British Museums

    Ahhh…Britain. The very word conjures up visions of regal pomp, high tea, and royal scandal. But it’s not all high brow hoopla, there are plenty of offbeat and off-the-wall attractions if you do a little digging, and no where is this more evident than in Britain’s museums. While it still…

  • Janabiya Royal Camel Farm Bahrain They’re ornery and malodorous, gangly and awkward. Sometimes called “The Ship of the Desert” but more appropriately “A Horse Designed by a Committee,” the legendary dromedary (that’s a one-hump camel for us lay folk) can be found in droves at the Janabiya Royal Camel Farm in...25March 25, 2013

    Camel Gazing at the Royal Camel Farm Bahrain

    Janabiya Royal Camel Farm Bahrain They’re ornery and malodorous, gangly and awkward. Sometimes called “The Ship of the Desert” but more appropriately “A Horse Designed by a Committee,” the legendary dromedary (that’s a one-hump camel for us lay folk) can be found in droves at the Janabiya Royal Camel Farm in…

  • Driving down the road and you see one of those “Coming Soon!” signs on a fence surrounding a construction site. But a month or two or three go by and the construction site becomes a dead zone. It happens more often than you think: plans change, budgets dry up, etc....1March 1, 2013

    If You Build it, They Will Come

    Driving down the road and you see one of those “Coming Soon!” signs on a fence surrounding a construction site. But a month or two or three go by and the construction site becomes a dead zone. It happens more often than you think: plans change, budgets dry up, etc….

  • If you’re one of the poor unfortunate souls in Dubai who doesn’t drive a Land Rover and rely instead on public transportation to get around, you’re in luck – you won’t have to stick to the sidewalk in the midday heat after all — Dubai has a series of air-conditioned...22February 21, 2013

    Dubai: Land of Air-Conditioned Bus Stops

    If you’re one of the poor unfortunate souls in Dubai who doesn’t drive a Land Rover and rely instead on public transportation to get around, you’re in luck – you won’t have to stick to the sidewalk in the midday heat after all — Dubai has a series of air-conditioned…

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  • Dubai Private Tour The “city” label doesn’t suit Dubai too much. Nope, that just won’t do. “City” is too…average, too plain-Jane for this over-the-top metropolis. Instead, the largest (and loudest) city-state in the United Arab Emirates prefers to go by multiple monikers, so it has cities within the city. Bear...

    Does Dubai Have a Soul?

    Posted on February 18, 2013 | 37 Comments
    Dubai Private Tour The “city” label doesn’t suit Dubai too much. Nope, that just won’t do. “City” is too…average, too plain-Jane for this over-the-top metropolis. Instead, the largest (and loudest) city-state in the United Arab Emirates prefers to go by multiple monikers, so it has cities within the city. Bear...

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  • In my past life, I stayed in a lot of hotels. And I mean a LOT. I did the math once, and figured I’ve spent about a year of my life in hotels (and that was just within a three-year period), so I figure I know a good hotel from...

    GETAWAYS: Going Upscale with Mövenpick Hotel Bur Dubai

    Posted on February 15, 2013 | 13 Comments
    In my past life, I stayed in a lot of hotels. And I mean a LOT. I did the math once, and figured I’ve spent about a year of my life in hotels (and that was just within a three-year period), so I figure I know a good hotel from...

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  • The State of the Lam Well hello there. If you’ve been keeping track, things have been a little quiet on the Man On The Lam front these past few months. Between haphazard updates, and several occasions of downright neglect, my tome has turned to tumbleweeds; my keyboard, cobwebs. The truth...

    What’s the matter Raymond? Cat got your keyboard?

    Posted on February 11, 2013 | 15 Comments
    The State of the Lam Well hello there. If you’ve been keeping track, things have been a little quiet on the Man On The Lam front these past few months. Between haphazard updates, and several occasions of downright neglect, my tome has turned to tumbleweeds; my keyboard, cobwebs. The truth...

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