Untouristed (Eskifjorour, Iceland)
Tourists, the people primarily responsible for converting charming destinations into tourist traps (cough San Antonio cough), often complain that they want to go somewhere that “isn’t quite so...
View ArticleA Place Called Home (Torshavn, Faroe Islands)
“Wherever we go, we will go together, and I will be your home.” — from our wedding vows What does home mean to you? For more than seven thousand years, people have called the Shetland Islands home. The...
View ArticleMillionMileMark’s Actual Engagement Index
I propose the “Actual Engagement Index” — a way to rate the quality of a bus or van tour of any size not by what sites are visited … but by establishing a ratio between the time you spend engaged…
View ArticleDining with the Stars (Bergen, Norway)
Having eaten all the pickled herring we can manage during our time in Norway, we’re in Peppe’s Pizza, an “American style” restaurant a bit off the beaten track in downtown Bergen. In the end, the...
View ArticleEpic Beauty and Thai Food in Eidfjord, Norway
Norway simply stuns me. Around every corner, there’s an epic view. During this morning’s walk around Eidfjord, we crossed a little pedestrian bridge over a roaring mountain stream. Lilacs crowded the...
View ArticleA Walk through Borough Market (London, England, UK)
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View ArticleYou Can Do It – Rudas Baths, Budapest
Immersing yourself in local life in Budapest? You’ll want to visit the baths — social bath houses built right smack on top of the city’s many hot mineral springs. I know, I know. Bath houses. In...
View ArticleMaking the Most of Your Time in Budapest
Friends poke good-natured fun at the way Clyde and I travel: three days in Romania, a weekend in London, Labor Day in Hungary. Fact is, if we wait until we have two weeks to go to Peru, we might not…
View ArticleWhere Roads Don’t Go (Lake George, Alaska)
We are an unlikely pair to go flightseeing. I have a morbid fear of falling from a great height. Standing too close the railing on our balcony, eight floors above Midtown Atlanta, unnerves me. Clyde,...
View ArticleWhere to Eat in Anchorage, Alaska
So, back in October when we were in a city that feels like it’s poised on the edge of the earth, I had one big question on my mind: What y’all got to eat? I’m happy to report the food…
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Is It Safe to Visit Mexico?
Mention we’re going to Mexico City, and we get one of two reactions. If someone is well-traveled, he or she will likely say, “Oh, you’re going to have a wonderful time.” If someone hasn’t traveled much...
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You Can Visit the World’s Largest Pyramid
A visit to the pyramids sounds almost too exotic to squeeze into a weekend, right? And, for a lot of MadeByMark.com readers, airline tickets to Egypt (especially given the unrest there) or a weekend in...
View ArticleMexico City – Should You Go to Frida Khalo’s House?
If you go to Mexico City, going to Frida Kahlo’s house (see the dreadful website) is considered one of those “must do’s” — so, like it or not, you’re probably going to have to go there. That said: I’m...
View ArticleQuickTips for Mexico City
Want to have a great time in Mexico City? Save time and effort when planning your trip by taking advantage of these QuickTips from mine! Get There Most MadeByMark.com readers will arrive via an...
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Puebla (and Cholula) in Pictures
Sometimes, pictures really are better than words at capturing the mood of a place. With that in mind, here’s a photo gallery of images from our recent day trip to Puebla, Mexico (and Cholula).
View ArticleManaging a Tricky Taxi (Bangkok, Thailand)
We’re back in Bangkok for what we think is our sixteenth visit to our favorite city on the planet. With our luggage in hand and a swanky hotel destination (the Shangri-La, my favorite hotel on the...
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The Tarot Guy Gets a Thai Tarot Reading (Koh Kret, Thailand)
On weekends, Bangkok folk flock to Koh Kret — an island in the Chao Praya — to feast on traditional treats and shop for pottery made of the island’s distinctive clay.We do our fair share of eating and...
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Come with me to Koh Kret (Thailand)
Every weekend, the sleepy little island of Koh Kret — a tiny, circular jewel in the middle of the Chao Praya River — transforms itself into a food festival, market, and social center. Thai people come...
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Monkey Business (Monkey Temple at Lopburi, Thailand)
Imagine a rat. See the rat clearly in your mind’s eye: the intelligent eyes, the grey fur, the long and scabrous tail. Now, imagine the same rat, but make him the size of a small dog — about fifteen...
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You Can Do It: A Trip to a Bangkok Tailor
One of the most enduring pleasures of a trip to Thailand? Visiting one of Bangkok’s hundreds of thousands of tailors. After all, which makes the better souvenir: one of several million Chinese-produced...
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