While doing on-line research for our recent trip to Peru, we started reading about the adventure opportunities with Natura Vive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9G9...eature=related

After visiting their web site, the challenges seemed too intriguing to ignore. Having previously spent time in the Sacred Valley, we really wanted to attempt to climb their via ferrata and descend on their recently completed zip lines.

Over a period of several ...

Updated 10-22-2010 at 10:09 AM by omegaet (spelling)

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Almost two years since visiting southern Chile and Argentina and this time we’re focusing on different geographic areas for certain.

The longest stay (seven nights) would be at The Cliffs Preserve….a more or less “long shot,” since there is very little information available, at least over the Internet. Just a few "professional" reviews and they were probably free.

We paid our own way….so we’re not indebted to anyone.

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A favorite place for us to visit in southern Maine, before the summer hoards arrive, is Ogunquit.

To stroll along the 3+ miles of Ogunquit Beachhigh tidelow tideon or off shore breeze, it is one of lifes simple pleasures.

"So.can we go..pleeeze, pleeeze.can we walk the beach this afternoon?

OK, lets do it.

Temps in the upper 50slight on shore breeze and appears to be low tide or at least not high tidebeautiful. Indeed, let's do it.
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After all, there are plenty of options for historic inns and bed & breakfasts located along the southern Maine coast, and especially in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport (even consider the Franciscan Guest Housewww.franciscanguesthouse.com[as in Franciscan Monks], just across the bridge over in Kennebunk Beach).No, better scratch the monks probably not our style.


We wanted to travel to Maine for the weekend and there are plenty of places to stay and we wondered why so many people ...

Updated 08-14-2010 at 02:06 AM by omegaet (updated)

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As a small contribution to sending commercial donation to the Chilean wine industry, I decided to purchase a bottle of Casa Lapostolle CuveeAlexandre 2007 Merlot and share it with my neighbor.



He has had infinitely more experience tasting fine wines than have I, and he takes great pleasure in flaunting it.



Why would I share wine with him (knowing he is going to be extremely critical and take great efforts informing me how much more he knows ...

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