Travel Guides

Find travel guides, planning tips, advice, and resources for where you want to go for all the destinations I’ve visited! Everything is sorted by country and/or state for easy searching. Great for dreaming, planning, and making your trip a reality!

4 Unique Things to Do in Pittsburgh: A SightDOING Travel Guide

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Next time you want a city getaway, skip the major northeast destinations and head somewhere new. Pittsburgh is blossoming into a vibrant vacation spot. With a beautiful natural setting among three rivers and the resurgence of noteworthy restaurants, this is a great time to visit and try a few unique things to do in Pittsburgh. Although […]

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You Did What?! A Story About the Murder I Solved in Saigon

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We’ve never been here before, but it’s obvious this neighborhood isn’t like the rest of Saigon.  For one thing, it smells.  Rotting produce intertwines with the aroma of dim sum wafting from the corner.  But we’re not here to eat.  We’re here to solve a murder. At around 10:30PM last night, a body was discovered on the

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Have You Heard of the Ixil Triangle Guatemala?

Nestled in the Western Highlands is the Ixil Triangle Guatemala: three towns — Nebaj, Chajul, and Cotzal— that appear to form a triangle when you draw lines connecting the towns on a map. Each of these towns suffered greatly, particularly in the late 1970s and early 80s during Guatemala’s Civil War and a period of tragic genocide.

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