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    Headlamps are Helpful
    Leigh Haubach
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Headlamps are Helpful

    When you travel, you just don't know if there will be a power failure. This is when a headlamp becomes a very useful gadget. It makes no...
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    Get REI's Deal of the Day
    Leigh Haubach
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Get REI's Deal of the Day

    REI offers one product every day that is an extraordinary deal. Give it a try and see what they are wheeling and dealing on today! Click...
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    REI's Women's Travel Pants
    Leigh Haubach
    • Dec 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    REI's Women's Travel Pants

    These travel trousers take you from the plane, to the museum, to the hiking trail, and to dinner.
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    Effortless Hiking with Osprey Women's Hiking Backpack 🎒
    Leigh Haubach
    • Oct 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Effortless Hiking with Osprey Women's Hiking Backpack 🎒

    This Osprey Hiking Backpack served me very well on the Inka Trail in June 2018. I had the pack fitted to me at REI and it felt great.
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    Rick Steves Travel Guides
    Leigh Haubach
    • Oct 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Rick Steves Travel Guides

    With decades of experience, Rick Steves writes the most comprehensive guides to Europe and beyond.
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    Stupendous St. Petersburg
    Leigh Haubach
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    Stupendous St. Petersburg

    I'm sure I'll have to use a thesaurus to describe the grandeur of St. Petersburg. I just kept saying, "Oh.My.God". The palaces and art...
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    Moving at Light Speed in Moscow
    Leigh Haubach
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Moving at Light Speed in Moscow

    I condensed my trip to Moscow because I wasn't sure I wanted to go there and I thought it might be dangerous. I was wrong on both counts....
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    Tallinn, Estonia
    Leigh Haubach
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Tallinn, Estonia

    Tallinn is a two-hour ferry ride across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki. It was a charming place, though I suspect it's better when it's...
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    Steamy Hot Helsinki
    Leigh Haubach
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Steamy Hot Helsinki

    I arrived in Helsinki in a heat wave. The locals seemed completely delighted with the warm weather and kept jumping into the Baltic Sea....
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    I Finally Saw a Leopard at Lake Manyara NP
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    I Finally Saw a Leopard at Lake Manyara NP

    Lake Manyara National Park gets mixed reviews. We had a great tour with lots and lots of animal sightings so I have no complaints.
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    Around the Base of Mt. Kilimanjaro
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    Around the Base of Mt. Kilimanjaro

    I did not, and probably never will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. It's not technically too challenging, but it's really a high altitude issue for...
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    Scuba Diving in Zanzibar
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Scuba Diving in Zanzibar

    Zanzibar is a beautiful tropical island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. It's technically part of Tanzania, but they have...
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    Machu Picchu
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 22, 2018
    • 3 min

    Machu Picchu

    So that's pronounced Ma-chu Peek-chu. And quinoa, by the way, is pronounced keen-OH-ah. That's according to some Inka descendants who...
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    The Inka Trail
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 22, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Inka Trail

    2500 People see Machu Picchu every day. You make your way to Cuzco, then take a nice train to Aguas Calientes and spend the night. The...
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    Cuzco
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Cuzco

    June 6, 2018 My flight from Lima to Cuzco was fine, once we finally took off after sitting on the tarmac in Lima for two hours due to a...
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    Lima
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Lima

    The Inka people really had it going on and as a warning, please note that the following contains images of ancient erotic art. I've been...
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    Cape Town, Part 2
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Cape Town, Part 2

    We had a lovely 2 hour flight back to Cape Town. We got a good meal despite being on a smaller jet! We saw a pan and lots of wide open...
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    Victoria Falls
    Leigh Haubach
    • Jun 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Victoria Falls

    And finally, we got to the end of our tour. It had been a long 20 days. The good: seeing so many wild animals, meeting our fellow...
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    Chobe National Park
    Leigh Haubach
    • May 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Chobe National Park

    We had a night in Nata, Botswana which was very pleasant. Our little cottage had a view of the bush complete with springbok, a bathtub...
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    Okavango Delta
    Leigh Haubach
    • May 28, 2018
    • 6 min

    Okavango Delta

    The Okavango Delta is an inland delta. What this means is that the Okavango River flows out through an immense grassland and disappears...
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