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[Subscribe to 365 Wow Places & Wisdom here. Send your comments to dave_blum@hotmail.com] Wow Place #246: Kampu Ferry Airports are funny places. For one thing, they all look the same. Departure-level counters. Arrival-level baggage claim. A smattering of shops and restaurants. A modicum of artwork. Essentially, an airport’s job is to usher you onto a […]

[Subscribe to 365 Wow Places & Wisdom here. Send your comments to dave_blum@hotmail.com] Wow Place #245: Anaconda Restaurant, Costa Rica “The Blums are never late!” When I was growing up, my mom, Shirley, maintained a very stern rule for the family. No matter what, we always had to be on time. To this day, Shirley […]

365 Wow Places & Wisdom [Hey everybody. If you like reading these posts, please do share them with your friends, colleagues and family. Here are a few ways to access the posts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drclue/ My website: https://drclue.com/blog/ Facebook: https://cutt.ly/Cwe5isDI You can also subscribe at: Mailchimp: https://cutt.ly/Iwe5izGV Start your day with a cup of coffee and […]

365 Wow Places & Wisdom [Hey everybody. If you like reading these posts, please do share them with your friends, colleagues and family. Here are a few ways to access the posts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drclue/ My website: https://drclue.com/blog/ Facebook: https://cutt.ly/Cwe5isDI You can also subscribe at: Mailchimp: https://cutt.ly/Iwe5izGV Start your day with a cup of coffee and […]

365 Wow Places & Wisdom [Hey everybody. If you like reading these posts, please do share them with your friends, colleagues and family. Here are a few ways to access the posts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drclue/ My website: https://drclue.com/blog/ Facebook: https://cutt.ly/Cwe5isDI You can also subscribe at: Mailchimp: https://cutt.ly/Iwe5izGV Start your day with a cup of coffee and […]

I’m sitting on a bench in the center of Bangkok’s Lumphini Park when two Thai guys approach me. “Hey, how ya doing?” “I’m okay, thanks.” “Do you want to buy some sapphires?” “I’m listening.” Looking back on the scene with the virtue of a 60-something’s perspective, I should probably have gotten up and walked away […]

“After dinner, we shall all talk.” That’s the rule my dad imposed on the family from the time I was 10 years old through age 15. For the next five years, from ~6:30-7pm each evening, the three of us – my Dad, Walter, my brother, Brian, and I – would sit at the dinner table […]

“Am I a tourist or a traveler?” That’s the question I ask myself at 5:30am on a warm, sultry morning in beautiful Luang Prabang, as I watch the procession of monks gracefully receiving alms, one at a time, as they calmly pace through the city. As a “tourist,” I’d probably run up to one of […]

One of the reasons we all travel is to escape our “routine”: the same old work, the same old meals, the same old chores, etc. More often than not, travel represents a cool, refreshing drink after a long time in the desert of our day-to-day lives. Occasionally, however, “routine” can actually be a good thing. […]