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Should You Buy Local When Traveling?

By Jim on February 1, 2012 in GeoTourism

Simple answer: Yes. Ok. So you’re the conscious traveler type concerned with how you impact the places you visit. How can you spend money and still benefit the people, environment and communities you visit ? Shop local. I’m a big believer in putting my money where my mouth is. I strongly believe in economic and environmental [...]

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BIG Changes Coming to Around the World in Eighty Years

By Jim on January 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

Hey all, Over the next week, Around the World in Eighty Years will undergo some substantial changes including…. – a whole new appearance, – better access to previous posts and photographs, – an e-book, – increased number and regularity of posts, – options for an email newsletter, – video (and later in the year podcasting), [...]

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My Shot of the Day: Los Brazos, New Mexico

By Jim on December 27, 2011 in My Shot of the Day, New Mexico, USA

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The R/S Faros at Midnight. Vasa. Finland.

By Jim on August 2, 2011 in Europe, Finland, Scandanavia

I walk the rooms of the flat in the depth of night when a soft breeze spreads the curtains over the kitchen table and around the edge of the cheap blue couches. But it is not so deep. The light is pink and soft. There is a midnight plant that smells like a clean laundry detergent and its [...]

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