Jaunted.com, the pop culture travel site, wrote an article the other day about a Chinese real estate company that is hosting “foreclosure tours” for Chinese residents looking for recession bargains on U.S. home prices. I’m sure this kind of thing has always happened, but now it has a catchy name: Recession Tourism. I’ve been reading [...]
Recession Tourism
February 26th, 2009 by FrancesInto the Wild
February 24th, 2009 by MarkAs mentioned before, I enjoy my time away from the Metropolis I live in and seek the wild confines that is our Planet Earth. When I long for the creaking of an Ancient Red Wood, I’m reminded of a quote from Edward Abbey: “One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as [...]
Sinking Ship….
February 10th, 2009 by Jerrod….literally. No, I’m not talking about the economy, I’m talking about The Yellow Submarine, Amble’s boat in Boca Chica. Orignially, it was named Miss Mollie, but her previous owners had sunk it, so we jokingly call it The Yellow Submarine. Well, two weeks ago, she tried her hardest to find the bottom of the ocean [...]
Palenque Photo Trip
February 4th, 2009 by BenWe had a professional photographer come down to Panama for a week last month (Adam Elliott, from Elliott Photographic, who also happens to a friend going back to fifth grade and who has a great photo blog (phlog?) of his many travels). It was a lot of fun, and having him on site for five [...]
