Sherri
The Extended Stay in San Jose right down the street from the San Jose airport is not as charming and full of raw, rugged beauty as Big Sur and our visit today to Jade Cove. But often being homebound is indeed a pragmatic affair, not an adventurous one.
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SherriFirst, thank you for reading my blog. I hope you get as much enjoyment reading about my adventures as I have going on them. Well OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But I do hope you find your own inspiration through my blog and may it ripple out into your life in ways known and unknown.
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SherriFor me, eating is always a huge part of travel or life for that matter. It is very important to me to connect with the people serving fresh and local food. Whether one is traveling on a budget or traveling in luxury, they can (and should, IMHO) make a point of sampling the local cuisine.
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SherriWhat can I say? Part of what makes Latin America so charming is the way that music is infused into the culture. Whether you are strolling down an alley, meandering on the malecón, or sitting on the beach – music is never far away.
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SherriThe appeal of Zihuatanejo is undoubtedly the beaches. Of course, the geography gives rise to the food and shapes the people and the culture, so it’s hard to separate them all (the way I am attempting to do when writing about my trip). But still, at the end of the day,
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SherriAt the end of the day, the magic of travel is about the people. It’s arguable, since certain styles of travel are scenery and geography based – but that aside, it’s all about the people. It’s the people who raise the food and develop the architecture and create the history that any particular region is steeped in.
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SherriI woke up early and wanted to do laundry so I didn’t get to the village of Barra de Potosi, my next destination, with sandy items filling my backpack. I found una lavendería downtown, got the process started and I headed to the Mercado where I got some fruit and a smoothie and admired the usual hustle and bustle.
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SherriSince I chose to write this blog in a different format than the daily accounting format, I ended up with some pictures I thought “should” be included, but didn’t have a tale to tell with them. Well, since I am making up my own way of retelling my stories, I decided it would be simplest to put another entry just for pics of Zihuatanejo and Barra de Potosi.
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Sherri
It’s true, I am in Alaska in the middle of the winter. What is a sun worshiper like myself doing here? I am someone who thinks of heading to the lands where the coconuts grow when it gets yucky in Oregon. But I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights.
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SherriWell, I am back at the Captain Cook Hotel and feeling totally exhilarated from a day trip to the Kenai Penninsula. When I was in Alaska two years ago, my trip was primarily on the Kenai and when I think back to the brilliant and majestic turquoise river,
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