February 26, 2014

Delta Skymiles: Big Changes Ahead…Very Big

If that sounds a bit complicated, here’s the deal. When you earn “miles” using a credit card, it’s 1 or 2 miles per dollar, but most frequent flier programs give you a “mile” for each mile flown. Delta, starting in 2015, will become the first major…

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Gallery: Burma, on Inle Lake

The 13 pictures which follow are from a day spent with a friend in a long boat on Inle Lake in central Burma’s Shan State.  We boarded with our boatman on a waterway that leads from Nyaungshwe, about 3 miles from the north end…

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Where in the World is TravelGumbo #20

Sunrise, Sunset…where did Gumbo see this one? No boats, no buildings for a clue, and yet it’s a distinct and well-known scene…do you recognize it?   As always, share your questions, clues, ideas with others as comments here–but if (I’d be…

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Delta Skymiles: Big Changes Ahead…Very Big

If that sounds a bit complicated, here’s the deal. When you earn “miles” using a credit card, it’s 1 or 2 miles per dollar, but most frequent flier programs give you a “mile” for each mile flown. Delta, starting in 2015, will become the first major…

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Gallery: Burma, on Inle Lake

The 13 pictures which follow are from a day spent with a friend in a long boat on Inle Lake in central Burma’s Shan State.  We boarded with our boatman on a waterway that leads from Nyaungshwe, about 3 miles from the north end…

Read More

Where in the World is TravelGumbo #20

Sunrise, Sunset…where did Gumbo see this one? No boats, no buildings for a clue, and yet it’s a distinct and well-known scene…do you recognize it?   As always, share your questions, clues, ideas with others as comments here–but if (I’d be…

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