Vougeot is a very small village of Burgundy,situated between Dijon and Beaune,home to a CHATEAU (castle) and a vineyard called CLOS DE VOUGEOT.The Château  consisting first in a chapel and farm buildings was constructed in the 12th century by Cistercian monks of the Abbey of Citeaux in need of WINE for mass and also as offerings. In 1551…

1983 was my last year in the beautiful Pacific Northwest--and it would be a good 17 years before I'd move back to the United States again! My family rented a house along the rushing Sandy River for a week.  There my father and I would hike a ways upstream and then ride and brave the rapids on an inflatable raft... OK, they weren't real rapids, but for me it was an absolute thriller... We even managed to flip over once... I determined that one day I would do some s…

If you want to escape to a tranquilo coastside village and stay at an awesome place near the beach, then you will dig Cabañas La Iguana. Sandra y Galvan are the wonderful Columbian couple who run the place. They are super helpful and knowledgeable about the area and will share great places to hike, eat and chill. They'll also help you to arrange anything from a tour to Isla de La Plata to horseback riding. They are amazing. In fact, I originally planned to stay in Ayampe for 3 days, but ended …

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA!! We got up this morning at 5:00am took our showers and headed up to the front of the resort to catch our bus to the Magic Kingdom.  We arrived just after seven and we where the first in line at the turnstiles. The Mayor of Main Street USA open the park by having everyone countdown from ten. Our first stop was going to be Space Mountain but it was closed for refurbishment. Sooooo we headed in the opposite direction towards the Pirates of the Caribbean.....if y…

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