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    2011 Favorite Travel Destination of the Year

    Posted on December 29, 2011 | 6 Comments
    This was a tough one. Last year after careful thought I chose Israel as my favorite destination of the year, and for a while I thought the Middle East would get top honors again this year with Jordan. But the more I thought and reflected,...

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    New Zealand – Trying to Define an Obsession

    Posted on December 4, 2011 | 9 Comments
    I’m an impressionable person, especially when it comes to travel. It doesn’t take a lot to inspire me to travel, to build that sorrowful nagging feeling of wanderlust deep within my soul. A feature in a movie, a mention in a book, even a well...

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    42 Things I Love About New Zealand

    Posted on October 19, 2011 | 17 Comments
    Shocking beauty of the snow-capped Southern Alps Hobbits lurking around every corner Championship golf overlooking Hawke’s Bay at Cape Kidnappers Greeting a Maori warrior, forehead to forehead Biting into a massive Big Al burger at the one and only Fergburger in Queenstown The dubious yet...

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