Category: travel

EXPLOITATION OR SURVIVAL: PERU’S CHILDREN WORKING THE STREETS

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Handing over my hard-earned Sol, just to take a picture, I realized I was contributing to the exploitation of young children.   Mothers, their children and baby llamas are dressed in brightly colored traditional Peruvian costumes, standing on the street corners of Peru waiting for a tourist to provide them with their next meal.  Sometimes they […]

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Best year 2018, Nah, 40 more to Go!

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What a year 2018 was!   I had a lot of new adventures.  Started out on the fast track going to the Daytona 500 and meeting Kevin Harvick. Spring Training in West Palm beach watching the Houston Astro’s.  Winning a Corona Vip viewing of the Air Show in Melbourne, winning a stay at Naples Inn.  Topped […]

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Llamas Llamas Everywhere; Machu Picchu

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Visiting Machu Picchu I had hoped to see some wildlife while walking the trail up to the Sun Gate.  I didn’t realize that Llamas were domestic when visiting the Machu Picchu site, so I was able to see plenty of Llamas. Not only did I see them I was able to pet a Llama!  Our […]

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111 Steps to Our Private Cave in Paradise

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Can you visualize yourself here practicing yoga, relaxing and enjoying the view?  How did this retiree score such a trip to Paradise with her limited funds? It all started with one picture of me on Instagram applying Estee Lauder lipstick to get ready for my Valentine’s date, which is the picture on the right. You […]

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Mesmerized & Starry Eyed looking at the van Gogh Mural

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Gazing into the eyes of the Vincent van Gogh’s mural painted on the fence of a house in Mount Dora I could feel his approval. A Florida couple in the sleepy little town of Mount Dora, Florida started with painting the fence because their autistic son was a fanatic over Vincent van Gogh’s work.   Reading […]

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