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Travel Archives — Goodman Speaks https://goodmanspeaks.com/category/travel/ ON MATTERS OF DUBIOUS INTEREST Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:21:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 163473000 Gas Explosion in the Media https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/27/gas-explosion-in-the-media/culture/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/27/gas-explosion-in-the-media/culture/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:18:33 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2466 On Monday the Washington Post broke new ground with this news flash on its internet “front page”: Why is my gas so smelly? Gender, diet and plane rides can play a role. Yesterday they ran it again, putting it now “below the fold.” So the smell of your farts is now right up there with …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/27/gas-explosion-in-the-media/culture/feed/ 1 2466 Hunting Wild Boar in La Pampa https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/17/hunting-wild-boar-in-la-pampa/travel/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/17/hunting-wild-boar-in-la-pampa/travel/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:45:58 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2449 There was nothing left for me to do in Oaxaca. Erstwhile friends had fled north—where they encountered really bad weather while the days here were scorching. Talks at the Library I found totally uninteresting. The news media (CNN and Fox) had become so fixed in their political opinions that their comments were predictable and repetitive. …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2024/03/17/hunting-wild-boar-in-la-pampa/travel/feed/ 4 2449 The Fantasy of Finding Different Worlds https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/01/the-fantasy-of-finding-different-worlds/travel/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/01/the-fantasy-of-finding-different-worlds/travel/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2023 14:31:05 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2141 I mean the persistent lure of travel—even in the face of all those airport horror stories, outrageous costs, cancellations, crowds and cattle-car accommodations. One ex-traveler put it this way: “Prices everywhere you go are absurd, and still, crowds are everywhere. Places are understaffed, expensive, the service is atrocious, and the quality of the food is …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/01/the-fantasy-of-finding-different-worlds/travel/feed/ 3 2141 My Memorial Day https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/05/29/my-memorial-day/personal/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/05/29/my-memorial-day/personal/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 13:59:36 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2091 I’m going to rest up like my friend here. I’m going to eat well and play some music. And I’m going to remember our military dead—which is what the holiday used to be about. For many it’s become just another day off from work, an excuse to shop the many sales, a big weekend for …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/05/29/my-memorial-day/personal/feed/ 1 2091 Old People Driving https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/12/18/old-people-driving/personal/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/12/18/old-people-driving/personal/#respond Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:07:36 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=1920 On Friday my friend and I drove from Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido, a distance of 160 miles, which usually takes a minimum 6-1/2 hours on high mountain roads, through truck traffic, potholes and endless switchbacks. That works out to about 23 miles per hour. It’s a tough drive and took us a bit over 7 …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/12/18/old-people-driving/personal/feed/ 0 1920 Best City in the World? https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/07/25/best-city-in-the-world/travel/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/07/25/best-city-in-the-world/travel/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:09:39 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=1698 Oaxaca was recently voted this phony accolade by Travel+Leisure magazine readers. Who are these readers? They are the upmarket travelers who don’t mind paying $500 a night for a bed. How can such people understand what a real city is? The photo above is a set piece for them. Oaxaca is a great place to …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/05/15/drinking-heavily-and-watching-out-for-cockroaches/personal/feed/ 2 1585 Old Neighborhoods and New https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/27/old-neighborhoods-and-new/personal/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/27/old-neighborhoods-and-new/personal/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:34:37 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=1417 This is the last time I’ll keep boring you with news of my move. Moving is like jumping into cold water. You do get used to it. A very good piece about the trials of moving is here. Writer Paul Cantor focuses on the things you acquire over time, how important they are to you, …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/27/old-neighborhoods-and-new/personal/feed/ 1 1417 Thoughts on Moving https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/23/thoughts-on-moving/personal/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/23/thoughts-on-moving/personal/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:13:26 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=1408 I moved to a new house a little over a week ago. Which prompted me to review all the many times I’ve moved since, for instance, leaving graduate school and getting married. It turns out that I’ve changed domiciles some 16 times in those 61 years. Reasons for this instability range from job change to …

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]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2022/01/23/thoughts-on-moving/personal/feed/ 2 1408 Travel Broadens the Mind? https://goodmanspeaks.com/2021/10/22/travel-broadens-the-mind/travel/ https://goodmanspeaks.com/2021/10/22/travel-broadens-the-mind/travel/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:17:16 +0000 http://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=1290 Maybe so, when you’re younger. Travel did that for me long ago in trips to Europe and South America, later to the Caribbean and Mexico. Living in France for a summer I think changed my outlook more radically than my years growing up in Chicago. One reason is that you are compelled to adapt to …

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