He (apparently) paid for the trip himself, could afford to take a gap year, and does come from a wealthy, well-traveled background. A talented Intenational traveler.
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Visits to Hawaii decline sharply
The reasons are many – including high prices, negative comments made about tourists, proposals to enact restrictions and tourist fees on visitors: Hawaii visitors uncertain about going as traveler numbers…
Continue readingTravel lifestyles of the rich … and the rich
There’s a new media meme that everyone should be taking a gap year, even in their 30s or 40s, with their families. Which is a great idea – if you are rich.
Continue readingToo much money? Too much tourism? Tourism as entertainment?
“Extreme tourism” is a $300 billion/year business now, and is expected to reach $1 trillion per year. This seems more like entertainment than what I think of as travel, but it is what it is.
Continue readingChairman Xi Jinping says people need to travel more
Travel enhances understanding and develops new ways of viewing problems and identifying solutions.
Continue readingAirports: Went through SeaTac yesterday, chaos and meltdown
SeaTac Airport, or the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington State, was in what is apparently its normal state of chaos and disarray each morning. We flew in to SeaTac late…
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We brought home a souvenir
Much to our surprise, we brought home an unexpected souvenir.
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Some observations from our trip
From my notes in no particular order, regarding our trip to the Netherlands. This was our first real international trip – something we should have done long ago. We spent…
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Surprise – we just did a trip to Europe
A big surprise – we just snuck in a two-week trip to the Netherlands – we finally traveled internationally.
This post describes the planning process, and some crazy stuff that happened before and after the trip.
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