In which Zach beats the Turkish e-Visa website at its own game by fighting obsolete websites with obsolete software

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In which newly-married Zach & Christine go to Mexico for their Honey (Miel) Moon (Luna)

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In which Zach and Christine visit the mountainous highlands of Cuba to the west of Havana.

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“A common Cuban scene!” according to Cuevas, who asked us to pose this way

“Okay, tell me the difference between your two political parties.” Frank paused for a moment and peered over the tops of his bifocals. “You cannot!” It was noon on our first full day in Cuba, and we were taking a walking tour […]

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In which Zach and Christine fly from Chicago, to Mexico City, to Havana Cuba to begin a glorious vacation

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In my previous entry, I touched a bit on the ability of QR codes on shared bikes, as a convenient and very cheap way to get around major cities. Shanghai has 24 million people in it, but we also visited the nearby Hangzhou, which “only” has 7 million people in its urban core. We saw […]

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