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[20 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

The wife and I were headed to Belize but the flight filled up. So off to Costa Rica we went with little time to plan. Thanks to those on the pipe who have posted ideas in the past. This was a short trip. Arrived late Friday night and left early Monday morning.
Details:
Flew into Liberia
Travel Destinations in Costa Rica (Good info on beaches near Liberia)
Destination: Playa Grande (Big Beach) this is right next to Tamarindo but much less crowded. The two beaches are separated but a large estuary. Playa Grande is …

Travel »

[4 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

Well if this isn’t the most exciting topic of the week. We travel for work and we travel a lot for pleasure. One of the challenges we face when on vacation is washing our clothes. Purex has now come out with a great all-in-one product. They are called, Purex 3-in-1 Laundry sheets. In the past I have taken the Tide Travel packs with me. With the Purex product you get everything. They are easy to store, lightweight, and not terribly expensive. Much better than paying for detergent at the laundry …

Overnight Hotels »

[14 Apr 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Why re-invent the wheel when someone has already created a great list of hotels. Head to Aviation Interviews to check out this excellent reference.
Aviation Interviews Hotel Guide

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[5 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

By Christopher Kracht

My guides are slanted towards where to find a place to wash your underwear and where to find internet access. Why? Because I am not smart enough to write a real guide and you don’t want to smell like some of your fellow travelers do you? As for the internet it’s always nice to have email so you can brag to all your friends about what a great time you are having. Or you can do stuff like email your previous hotel and ask if you left your …

Travel »

[25 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Well it’s what we do for work and what many of us do for fun. Look for articles on a wide variety of destinations worth travelling to. We will include destination guides and other travel tips. Would you like to contribute? Let us know!

Destinations »

[1 Dec 2008 | Comments Off | ]

It will be a slow process to add meaningful content to this section of the site. We are working on a standard format which will make it easy for other writers to contribute. For now here’s a short list of some of the great places we have been lucky enough to travel to outside of the US in recent years.
North America:

Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo

Central America:

Roatan, Honduras

Europe:

Spain – Barcelona, Mallorca
France – Pretty much just the Paris area
Germany – Wow all over Stuttgart, Franfurt, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Weimar, Erfurt, Heidelberg, Dresden
Switzerland – Zurich, the …