Checkin out the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands are three islands - Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman - in the western Caribbean, located just under Cuba and northwest of Jamaica.

Grand Cayman is, wait for it, the biggest island of the three, and holds the majority of the territory's land mass, population, and commerce, including the capital of George Town.

Cayman Brac is a funny sounding name that refers to "The Bluff" (in Gaelic), referring to the distinctive natural feature of the island - the large limestone outcrop that rises along the length of the island. Where it reaches the eastern end, the outcrop stands at 140 ft (43 m) above sea level.

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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is a must-do party for anyone who wants to check off the biggest world parties from their life list. This grand show of debauchery and revelry before Lent dates all the way back to the year 1723, and with two million people on the streets per day of the festivities, the carnival in Rio is considered the biggest in the world.

There are balls, street parties, street band processions, and the highlight of the whole event: the Samba Parade

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Sampling the Colonial Architecture and Delicious Food in Penang, Malaysia

If you have some time in the region, Penang, Malaysia is a cool little place to go explore for a few days. It’s probably not a place that would figure too highly on a relatively short timeframe in Southeast Asia, and definitely not a super short one, but if you are moving at a more relaxed pace and have already hit a lot of the bigger “must-see” sights and places of the region like the streets of Vietnam, the temples of Cambodia, and the beaches of Thailand, it’s definitely worth a stopover

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A Tour of the World

I'm going to start taking you on a little tour of the world, methinks. 

Why? Because the world is awesome, and you should get to explore it, if even just from the paragraphs of this fine website. 

I shall make it a mixed bag of goodies for you - some facts, some figures, some history, some culture, some anecdotes and stories, adventures and misadventures from the places I've been to personally and can report back on firsthand, some useful or compelling or interesting information I find from places that are on my radar and Bucket Map and just want to share, and some stories that are relayed to me by my worldly friends who are out and about themselves, exploring and reporting in real time as well.

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