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8 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Your Vacation

Exhausted after your vacation or did it pass by in a blur? Most people are able to get away once or twice a year and don’t notice the patterns that prevent them from experiencing everything they want to get from their time on the road. Here are eight tips that will make your vacation more successful.

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Nomads Judy Hoctor Nomads Judy Hoctor

Cairo Travel Woes and Haircut Adventures

While we have loved our time in Egypt, we are ready to move on to our next country. We’re looking forward to a respite from the dust, and the days here have been getting hotter than we’d prefer. Our next destination is…

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Balloons Aren’t Just for Birthdays

There’s something incredibly serene about watching colorful hot-air balloons drift lazily through the sky. I never seriously considered being in one since I assumed they’d be fairly expensive. It is a shocking surprise to see how little it costs to hop into one of these floating wonders in Luxor, Egypt, so this is one of the rare occasions …

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Safety Judy Hoctor Safety Judy Hoctor

Pharaoh's Revenge: A Cairo Culinary Tale

I’m sitting on our Airbnb patio taking in the sounds of the truck and driver using a megaphone to shout out foreign words that I can’t understand. Birds are chirping and horns are honking. We were supposed to tour the pyramids and see the Sphinx today, but

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Roaming Rome: A Quick Day-Long Love Affair with History

Don’t think that it’s sufficient to see Rome in a day. You wouldn’t be bored if you spent a full two weeks or more biking through and examining all the gems hidden here. But when you only have a day, it can be fun to do a quick stop and wave to familiar sites and allow your heart to swoon for a few minutes before finding the next place that takes away your breath.…

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