Author: Wanderers
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Winter Yosemite Trip in 36 hours
Yosemite Weekend in the Winter — 36 hour Trip After a different trip fell through, we found ourselves at home on Friday with an empty weekend ahead of us. After reading that the the Yosemite Firefall takes place in February, we decided to pack our bags and hit the road in hopes of seeing what…
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Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas for 4 days / 3 nights
Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas We wanted to spend time with my sister and her boyfriend, they had a trip planned to the Bahamas so we tagged along. The initial intent was to visit Pig Island / Pig Beach and although the weather didn’t allow for that to happen, we still had a fabulous time at…
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Venice’s Biennale & Milan, Italy in 4 nights / 5 days
Milan to Venice to Munich in 5 days Between work and personal obligations, free time has been scarce. But, we managed to put 4 nights / 5 days aside to squeeze in a quick trip to Italy. There is SO MUCH to see and do, we feel shortchanged but it was a refreshing and rejuvenating…
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5 days in Cuba — Havana and Varadero
5 Days in Cuba visiting Havana and Varadero Looking for a relatively warm modern city to visit but still be forced to go off the grid? Visit Cuba. We spent 5 days / 4 nights visiting Havana and Varadero and had an amazing time. Read on to have all your burning Cuba questions answered including transportation,…
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Sail to Angel Island in San Francisco from Oyster Point Marina
24 hour Sailing Trip to Angel Island, San Francisco, CA We bought our Cal 2-27 sailboat last summer with the intent to learn how to sail then eventually sail to and overnight at Angel Island from our harbor, Oyster Point Marina, in South San Francisco. This weekend, we did it and had such a great time!…
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Our Favorite Shoes for Hiking and Travel
Our Favorite Shoes for Hiking and Travel Most of our travels require comfy walking shoes, at bare minimum, if not full fledged hiking shoes. Being a former college cross country and track runner, I am a bit picky with athletic shoes. But, I fell in love with the Salomon Speedcross GTX trail/hiking/running shoes and haven’t purchased another…
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4 Days in La Paz, Mexico for Whale Shark Diving
4 days in La Paz, Mexico & Whale Shark Diving It was my first time in La Paz and his second. With that being said, we had 4 days to make the most of our time in the city. The lure for us was whale shark diving and oh my, what an experience it was! Where’s La Paz?…
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Best Cellphone Provider for International Travelers
What’s the Best Cellphone Provider for International Travelers? If you are looking for the best cellphone provider to use at home and during international travel with the United States as your home base, it’s hands down T-Mobile. T-Mobile and AT&T both run on the GSM (Global System for Mobiles) network. This is the only system that…
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All the Places you MUST SEE in San Francisco in 72 hours
All the Places you MUST SEE in San Francisco We live in San Francisco (and have been since 2013) but recently gave his sister and her husband a trip to SF to visit us as their wedding gift. Their trip was short, just a weekend, so we had to reflect and think of about all the things…
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How to Cache a Map for Travel and Vacations
How to Cache a Map for Travel and Vacations Off grid? Offline? No service? How do you get where you need to go without a cellphone? Well, you don’t need to ditch the phone, just plan ahead a bit. It’s really important to not get lost — wasting time during a trip is the worst and frustrating.…