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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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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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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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The Blue Lagoon
There is absolutely one thing you must do when in Iceland: Visit the Blue Lagoon. It’s on the top of everyone’s list. A must-see. A must-do. So … we didn’t go.
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Short Foss Vids
Enjoy 40 seconds of two well-known Icelandic waterfalls. And one we climbed inside.
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Rift Valleys
Iceland straddles the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. It is being pulled apart as the plates separate.
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Foss Means Waterfall
To count the waterfalls in this country is an exercise in very large numbers.
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