By Stephen Bugno Virginia’s Northern Neck is rich in scenic beauty, with 1100 miles of shoreline containing beaches, marinas, historical sites, viniculture, and small towns that date back to colonial times. The region is located along the banks of the great Potomac River, downstream from Washington, DC and is bordered on the south by the […]
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San Blas used to be important. It was a crucial port when trade between Spain and the Philippines was in its heyday. Then Acapulco took over and San Blas became a backwater. But that’s why it’s a fantastic, little, chilled-out beach town today. Set 90 minutes down a narrow two-lane road bounded by dense vegetation
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Dear GoMad Nomad, My wife and I have been retired for a few years and have done a bit of traveling in Europe and South America. Our sights have now turned towards Asia and thinking about places where healthy retirees could go far on savings. My wife has always been interested in India, but from
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When I posted my Vientiane images to my Flickr album, my father commented to me by email that “Vientiane was often in the news in my college days, but there were never pictures.” Well, Dad, here are some pictures. None are spectacular, but my point is to give you some visuals so you have a
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“Humans sleep through the best part of the day,” the world-famous nature photographer, Hannu Hautala, told me last week in an interview. “The best light is between sunset and sunrise.” And he’s not wrong. At 1 am last week this was the view from my bedroom window. Needless to say, I couldn’t sleep with a
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After crossing the border from Thailand we immediately boarded the slow boat bound for Luang Prabang. Riding a slow boat in Laos is one of those things you don’t want to miss while traveling in this land-locked country with over 4,600 miles of navigable waterways. Because slow boats are the
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Chiang Mai is a city of temples—over 300 can be found in and around the city in a variety of architectural styles. Chiang Mai is the center of northern Thailand’s tourism industry, rich with culture and tradition and plenty of tours leaving for the rest of the north and attractions surrounding the city. But you
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No visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is complete without visiting the Skybridge of the Petronas Towers. When the towers were completed in 1998, they were the tallest buildings in the world at 451 meters, holding that title until 2004 saw the completion of Taipei 101 reach a height of 509 meters. Malaysia was understandably proud
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Faced with high medical costs at home, millions of Americans consider the less costly option of traveling abroad for medical treatment. The healthcare industry calls this ‘medical tourism‘ and expects significant growth over the next decade. This trend also extends to elite detox programs, which are becoming a sought-after service in the medical tourism market.
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By Stephen Bugno I am definitely not a mall person. You might even be able to classify me as a mall hater. Here are five reasons I didn’t fight malls when I visited Singapore. 5) A National Obsession To understand Singapore without eating at or entering a mall is like trying to understand Ireland without
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