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The PA Will See You Now
Hello and welcome to an interstitial update. I wanted to give my holiday greetings and pass along a few life updates that affect Cleared For Departure.
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Service with a Smile
I feel a kinship with hospitality workers. Medicine, for all its fancy science and ridiculous drug names, is a service industry. Ultimately, people need guidance and help. It’s my job to shepherd them towards some goal, not unlike the staff here.
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One Infamous Border
I have always found humanity’s fondness of borders odd. We use borders for a variety of reasons, both nefarious and practical.
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Juan More Taco
The Cruise Ship People have left, so we decided tonight would be a good time to experience downtown Cabo. We booked a taco and tequila walking tour.
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Pass the Tequila
For thousands of years people in this area have been fermenting various strains of agave plant in an effort to speak with the Gods. Or get drunk, as we understand it today.
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The Economics of Tourism
To travel to Mexico’s touristy coasts, like the Mexican Rivera (Cancun, Tulum, or Playa del Carmen) or Baja California Sur (Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, La Paz), is to willingly accept you’ll be wildly overpaying at every available opportunity.
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A Brief History of Mexico
Modern day Mexico is a hodgepodge of ancient civilizations that inhabited its territory since Homo sapiens crossed the Alaskan land bridge and populated the Americas. And later Europeans, who screwed things up.
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Don’t Drink the Water
The summation most people from the U.S. know about Mexico can be expressed in a single piece of advice: Don’t drink the water. The subtext isn’t that subtle. Thankfully, I prefer tequila.
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Welcome to Series 16: Cabo
We’re back. Hello and welcome to another series of Cleared For Departure. This is Series 16 and we’re off to Cabo, departing Sunday, February 18th.
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Goodbye Iceland, Hello Hot … Land
Our time together has come to a close. I soon head off to work and resume my normally scheduled life.
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