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Some vacations should never be booked through anyone but a travel agent, and a honeymoon is arguably one of them.

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Today in Puerto Vallarta Michael and I took the bus into the city.  We found the blue and white bus and hopped on for 6 pesos, about $.50.  If you take a cab it runs about $5.00 each.  The route takes you along the beach and past many of the hotels on the beach.  These are not the all –inclusive resorts many tourists prefer but they are the closest to the town itself, if you like to eat locally. We got off at the river, which is at the south end of town and walked back toward the ship.  Puerto Vallarta has a wide malecon (boardwalk) with a lot of sculpture and tons of stores.  The town itself is very crowded with winter tourists so it is not easy to navigate the narrow sidewalks, back off the malecon, but the streets have some great restaurants and shops.  Several artisanal markets occupy corners but I was more drawn to the individual boutiques along the street.  Again I need to return alone so I can spend some time delving into them. The cathedral is smack dab in the center of the city, surrounded by commercial real estate of all kinds.  It is one of those things were you can’t see it until you are in front of it.  We have received several restaurants and we probably won’t be able to get to more than a couple but the Blue Shrimp and Oscars are 2 on the list.  I will report on the tasting experiences when they happen

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I know why they call the season following summer fall, at least in this country. Everywhere else, it is autumn, which is a beautiful word that begins to describe the thing it represents

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Captain Jack Sparrow during the Pirate Tutorial at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Captain Jack Sparrow attempts to distract his foe by exclaiming, Look! It’s the Governor’s Daughter! , before running off stage at the end of the Magic Kingdom’s popular Jack Sparrow’s Pirates Tutorial outside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I used fill flash and manual mode  to counter the backlighting by the afternoon sunlight.

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Today is the Winter Solstice, the first day of winter.  It’s not unusual for us to already have snow by now but honestly, Mother Nature, you outdid yourself this time.  My area only got about a foot of snow, though other places in the state ranged from 0-26″ — but at least we are prepared for snow here.  We know how to drive, we have adequate plows and sanders, people understand you go out and shovel as soon as the snow stops if not several times while it’s happening, just to get it gone ASAP to make for safer walking and driving.

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Do you know that most of the volcanoes in the US are actually located in Alaska? In fact, the figures are: 53 volcanoes in the USA, of which 43 are situated in Alaska. The reason for this is that the Aleutian Islands, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Alaska Peninsula, are part of the well known Ring of Fire which runs from the Pacific Ocean and on through Hawaii.

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A friend of ours is currently on a cruise from Southern California to Mexico. When I found out, I wa

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Thanks, Mr. Bean.

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After a lifetime of waiting I’m finally going to India. Booked it today

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Unlike Floyd Mayweather Jr., I don’t “keeps a private jet”. However, many of the loudest voices urging the narod to cut down on their ravenous predation of Mother Earth do. For some examples you can check out this article .

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