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Italian Road Trip: How to Eat Your Way Through Calabria
Living in a country or city with excellent public transport, it can be easy to forget that some places just aren’t do-able without a car. Italy has a decent national…
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Big Food Challenges in Florida
Florida is known as a place where everything is bigger and better – the theme park rides, the sports and certainly the food.
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5 Definitive Moroccan Dishes
Moroccan cuisine is rich and varied with influences from the Arab world, Spain, and sub-Saharan Africa. The use of spices and herbs in Moroccan food is incredibly distinctive and you…
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Introduction to the Oregon Coast
When I brought my family from Morocco in 2013, we were going to settle in the San Francisco Bay Area but I found that no one wanted to hire…
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5 Rainforest Hikes Near Honolulu, Hawaii on Oahu
Most people travel to Hawaii for the beaches but there is plenty to see when you head into the rain forests and mountains of Hawaii too. If you want to…
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5 Cultural Travel Experiences in Fez, Morocco
Fez is the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco. Here are five activities that will give you the ultimate in cultural exploration in this remarkable city. Artisanal Tour Morocco is…
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Happy Halloween from Vagobond
To celebrate Halloween I offer you some of the odd and scary things I have found in my travels this year from monsters to concentration camps.
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Mummified Love in Andong, South Korea
The story of an ancient Korean mummy and his heartbroken wife hit me hard as I traveled and thought of my wife at home, pregnant with our first child.
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The Night Marchers – Scary Creatures and Ghosts in Hawaii
Hawaiian moms have been known to threaten to leave their children out for the night marchers if they don’t behave. While this threat may not sound terrifying to those who…
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The Gulf of Volos – Ancient Sea of the Golden Fleece, Centaurs, and Gods
Greek Sailing, Centaurs, and Vagobond.
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Cela Kula – Nis, Serbia’s Skull Tower
I will probably be executed by Serbs for this, but I couldn’t help feeling a little bit of admiration for the Turks when I learned the story of the Skull…
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Turkey’s Seamonster of Lake Van
In honor of Halloween, I present to you the only legenary monster story I have thus far been able to unearth in Turkey – the Seamonster of Lake Van
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Beyond the Ghosts – Grave Tourism in Lynchberg, Virginia
There are tombstone tourists who plan vacations around the resting places of Hollywood stars and military gravers who track down Civil War soldiers.
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The Hermit of Sefrou, Djinn, and Aisha Kandisha
Way back in 2009, I was geeking out on Tarot cards and trying to find my way in life – at the same time I was living in Morocco and…
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The Celebration of Fire and Water – Ashura in Morocco
📖 Found in the book: This post is part of the story told in Not My Morocco by CD Damitio — a memoir of love, madness, and two years in…
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Kukuri, Torbalan, Baba Marta and The Water Bull of Rabisha
I’m a big fan of legendary monster stories. In Bulgaria, I heard about a few.
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5 Best Family Beaches on Oahu in Hawaii
All of Hawaii is famous for the wonderful beaches and the island of Oahu is no exception. Oahu is filled with fantastic beaches for surf, barbecues, body boarding, sun bathing,…
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The Egyptian Hustle
I was fortunate to be able to visit Egypt just shortly after the Arab Spring. It was an unplanned trip. I hope you enjoy my narrative of it. The Egyptian…
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5 Free Things to do in Hawaii that Should Cost a Fortune
5 Free Things to do in Hawaii that Should Cost a Fortune They say that in life the best things are free, but we all know that usually is a…
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Get Ready to Get Screwed!
I mean, technically, we’ve all been being screwed for a long time but things seem to be ramping up a bit. Here is what is coming: 1) Election meddling 2)…
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Start Up San Francisco – An Economy Trip to the Capital of Tech in Silicon Valley
As those who know me or read Vagobond almost certainly know – I’m a serial business creator – also known as an entrepreneur. When I was around eight-years-old- my grandmother…
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Arriving in Spain back in 2009 – Vagobond Travel Video
I arrived in Spain back in early January of 2009. It was a mind blowing experience. I’d been couch surfing for several years but I arrived in Barcelona at the…
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Attending a Gun Show and Having My Expectations Shattered
I attended a gun show as a vendor this weekend. I don’t own any guns so I wasn’t selling those – I was selling knives and fishing gear. I wasn’t…
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Vagobond Travel Videos and Vagobond Youtube Channel
It’s a little hard to believe – but I’ve pretty much ignored video as a medium. This isn’t because I don’t believe in the power of video – but mainly…
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