Posted by Seth Afford | Posted in Travel Tips | Posted on 24-04-2011
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A Mayan pyramid in the middle of Argentina? Huh? That’s the first sign you have that Bodega Catena Zapata winery sees itself a little differently than the other Mendoza wineries.

Luckily when you turn around, you get a sweeping view of the Andes….and the vast holdings of the Catena family. The
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Posted by Seth Afford | Posted in Travel Tips | Posted on 18-04-2011
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This article previously appeared on Frommers.com
If you restricted your movements to the parts of the world where people understand you, you might not get too far. After all, it’s hard enough for an American to decipher directions given by a native Glaswegian, let alone negotiate foreign alphabets on a street sign in Asia.
The language gap between Americans and Europeans is well-documented. W
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Posted by Seth Afford | Posted in Travel Tips | Posted on 14-04-2011
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Friday Postcard: Yamba, New South Wales
Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 by Steph in Uncategorized
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I’ts crazy how your mind can play tricks on you. Empirically when I look back on my time in Australia I KNOW I was unhappy a lot of the time. But somehow when I look at these pictures I can’t help buy smile and think it really wasn’t so bad. I mea
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Posted by Seth Afford | Posted in Travel Tips | Posted on 14-04-2011
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Jerusalem lends itself easily to pictures. I found this scene while wandering through the Muslim Quarter last May. Parts of the Quarter are fairly chaotic and crammed with tourists (the Via Dolorosa, where the Stations of the Cross begin, starts here), so I appreciated the quiet of the chess game.
Posted by Seth Afford | Posted in Travel Tips | Posted on 09-04-2011
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My trip to Argentina can only be described as whirlwind. With only 3 1/2 days on the ground, I saw as much as I could – and that included an action-packed day in Buenos Aires.

When time is short, it helps to have a good guide. Luckily, my traveling companion Nicole Rodriguez (cousin to John DiScala, of JohnnyJet fame.) had made plans to meet up with Amy Scott, founder of Nomad Editorial Services. Am
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