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  • Spring Break Baja: The “un-Cabo” Family-Fun-in-the-Sun Solution

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    Loreto, Mexico –Sea Kayak Adventures, Inc. today launched a new array of family-only tours in Baja and BC Canada for 2013:  The company has found the perfect venues for multi-generational soft adventure tours – including their new for spring break 2012 “Baja Family Kayaking Base Camp” designed for those who wish to experience Loreto Bay…

  • Disney’s Galveston cruises start in September

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    By STEVE MacNAULL Special Contributor Published: 26 July 2012 05:39 PM   Mickey and Minnie Mouse are coming to Texas, and they’re bringing a big boat with them. Starting Sept. 22, Disney Cruise Line will sail round trip from Galveston on six-, seven- and eight-night western Caribbean itineraries. When Disney had only two cruise ships…

  • Baja Whale Watching Safari

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    New Trip: Whale Watching Safari – Multi-Generational Family adventure in Baja’s Magdalena Bay Why this trip: Family adventure travel, grandparents and parents share whale watching experience with their children (as young as eight), guaranteed whale sightings, chance to touch a whale. PUERTO LOPEZ MATEOS, BAJA CALIFORNIA  — Sharing great nature experiences are the stuff family…

  • Rayfont Hotel in the South Bund area of Shanghai with Tyson Meade

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    We are happy to be receiving updates from Tyson while in Shanghai. He is offering us a hotel review here. Meade is working towards what many Chainsaw Kittens fans (new/old) are looking forward to, a new album. At the very bottom you will find other links regarding this project. We will be updating here with…

  • BAJA HO HO HO! PADDLE WITH SANTA IN BAJA!

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    LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – Need a sunny idea for Christmas this year – how about a fully catered sea kayaking/snorkeling tour in Loreto, Baja?  Rumor has it Santa will make an appearance by kayak on the tour!   OR Ring in the New Year snorkeling with tropical fish in this UNESCO World Heritage site, watching…

  • Tour of Argentina includes tangos, a glacier and wine

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    EL CALAFATE, Argentina — “There she goes!” exclaimed our excitable tour mate from Norway as a thunderous boom emanated from a glacier that looked the size of New Jersey. “Nah, just another false alarm,” said a skeptical Scottish observer. “All noise and no action.” Glacier watching has become a hot-ticket item, and we are in…

  • All About Travel YouTube channel

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    Come by and subscribe to our YouTube channel. I am slowly but surely uploading videos here. Here are a couple from San Francisco’s Academy of Sciences  

  • Oklahoma’s rocker in Shanghai talking about new album

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    On July 20th I did a write up on Oklahoma’s native rocker, Tyson Meade and shared his Kickstarter project that will help him record his project in China. Today we bring you Tyson interviewing Haffijy in Shanghai. I will let Tyson take it from here… This is Tyson Meade. Many years ago, I had a…

  • Tea culture around the world

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    There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims   Tea time in London: 3 modern teahouses Forget staid scones. Go to the right London spot, and you’re more likely to be served green-tea-infused scones or tea-smoked salmon squares with Japanese yuzu…

  • An Artist’s Gift

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    ”Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” ~Steven Pressfield Bay Area Artist Mary Lonergan is a client and friend of All About…