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Annecy, France

Writing about world travel, personal anecdotes and family genealogy.

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Malaga & Alora

December 25, 2018

Malaga was the beginning of a multi-week long experience in southern Spain. I would travel through the mountains of Andalucia and see the highlights of region. My friend A, from New York, was studying Spanish in Malaga. We decided to meet up there and explore the area around Malaga together…

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Loukweria Village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu

June 19, 2018

When I had started getting really excited about the prospect of giving myself a year to travel wherever I wanted, I went on AirBnb and just looked for places around the world where I could live in a "village".  Tanna Island, Vanuatu came up.  The post read that you could live with a local family in a village that has descended from a very old tribe following the native "kastom" tradition.  The tribe would welcome you with a dance.  You would get a sense of village life in the midst of the beauty of Tanna Island.  This prospect got me so excited to travel.  It would be so different than anything I had ever done before...

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Nadi, Fiji Homestay

May 8, 2018

My final, final day in Nadi, this time for real (as a transfer on my way from Apia, Samoa to Port Vila, Vanuatu), I decided that I was totally over these Wailoaloa shitty hostels (although seeing the Polynesian dance show one more time wouldn’t hurt).  I also didn’t want to spend big money on a resort as my Fiji budget was exhausted in the Yasawas.  I looked up Airbnbs and I found a homestay with an Indo-Fijian family who had excellent reviews and who cooks up a famously good dinner meal.  This sounded like exactly what I needed after 2 weeks in Samoa…

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