Anyone Can Travel
My mother in law used to say, “If you can read, you can cook”.
I feel the same about travel. “If you can walk, you can travel”.
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The 90-Mile-a-Day Hike: A Tour Guide’s Accidental Pilgrimage Around Cornwall
The primary incentive for my visit to England this summer between tours was to try hiking some of the historic pilgrimage trails I’d read so much about. I was thoroughly seduced by the romantic notion of ambling from village to idyllic village, popping into a cozy pub whenever I fancied a pint and a rest.…
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Seizing the moment with an impulsive trip to England
A wild hair I can’t think of a better expression than “I got a wild hair up my…” to explain my sudden impulse to hop across the Atlantic for a few weeks between tour assignments. One of the reasons I chose to work once a month was so that I could make some money and…
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The Long Way Over the Mountain: A Ten-Year Detour to San Sebastián del Oeste
We wrapped up our San Miguel tour, and the group scattered like a basket of spilled kittens. Two guests headed back to Portland, another struck out solo to Mexico City, and Joan headed back to San Miguel for a two-month stint. Me? I headed toward Puerto Vallarta to chase a ten-year-old itinerary. A decade ago,…
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From Bottles to Brothels: My return to the tour business
For the first time in four years, I led a tour of my own creation. That’s not completely accurate; My current boss has taken a few of my suggestions and turned them into tours that he’s assigned me to, but this was the first tour since my 2022 Morocco trip where I was responsible for…
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Involuntary Intimacy: A Guide to the Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro is a subterranean marvel that manages to be simultaneously the greatest bargain in the Western Hemisphere and a claustrophobic’s worst nightmare. To understand the scale of this operation, you have to appreciate that 5.5 million people ride these rails every day. With 9-car trains holding upwards of 3,195 people at peak…
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Adventures in pet sitting: A Study in Urban Diplomacy
As I mentioned in a previous post, the demographic tide has shifted in San Miguel de Chapultepec. The neighborhood has seen an influx of new residents who, like their counterparts in the trendy Condesa across the way, have brought their dogs in droves. However, while Condesa boasts expansive dog parks where canines can frolic and…
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