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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:52:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/travel-with-a-purpose-hang-and-help-at-someones-house-for-free/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/travel-with-a-purpose-hang-and-help-at-someones-house-for-free/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:52:46 +0000 daveNY http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=2031 So you’ve got your pack on, a buddy by your side, and a country-full of adventures to get into.  Sounds good right?  Well you’re going to have to think about where you’re crashing from night to night, trust me on that one.  At the same time you would love to maybe stay in one area [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/travel-with-a-purpose-hang-and-help-at-someones-house-for-free/feed/ 1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=2042 var conf_2042 = { APIKey: '2_ecSFXMEJ3qJro4nilZOqKiyaLQ_UOpUlSBlZpi8lPtDjekCgSGUGzQjSxJpSXUqA' }; var image2042 = {src:'http://www.itournow.com/blog/wp-includes/images/blank.gif',href:'http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/',type:'image'}; var ua_2042 = new gigya.services.socialize.UserAction(); ua_2042.setUserMessage(''); ua_2042.setLinkBack('http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/'); ua_2042.setTitle('Auto Draft'); ua_2042.addMediaItem(image2042); var params_2042 ={ userAction:ua_2042, cssPrefix:'#gig-div-buttons-2042', shareButtons:'share,facebook-like,google-plusone,twitter,email', // list of providers containerID: 'gig-div-buttons-2042', cid:'' }; gigya.services.socialize.showShareBarUI(conf_2042,params_2042);]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2012/01/feed/ 0 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/things-ive-done-with-50-grand-in-my-pants-airport-encounter/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/things-ive-done-with-50-grand-in-my-pants-airport-encounter/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:15:02 +0000 daveNY http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=2018 *Disclaimer: Not every travel adventure I’ve had involved having large amounts of cash in my pants.  But a pretty decent number of them did find me with several “10-straps.”  Just so you know though, it was all legal…  Seriously, it was!* Ok, now I have to kick-start my other blog.  “Things I’ve Done With 50 [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/things-ive-done-with-50-grand-in-my-pants-airport-encounter/feed/ 1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Jared DiMascio http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=2023 var conf_2023 = { APIKey: '2_ecSFXMEJ3qJro4nilZOqKiyaLQ_UOpUlSBlZpi8lPtDjekCgSGUGzQjSxJpSXUqA' }; var image2023 = {src:'http://www.itournow.com/blog/wp-includes/images/blank.gif',href:'http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/',type:'image'}; var ua_2023 = new gigya.services.socialize.UserAction(); ua_2023.setUserMessage(''); ua_2023.setLinkBack('http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/'); ua_2023.setTitle('Auto Draft'); ua_2023.addMediaItem(image2023); var params_2023 ={ userAction:ua_2023, cssPrefix:'#gig-div-buttons-2023', shareButtons:'share,facebook-like,google-plusone,twitter,email', // list of providers containerID: 'gig-div-buttons-2023', cid:'' }; gigya.services.socialize.showShareBarUI(conf_2023,params_2023);]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/11/feed/ 0 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/travel-with-a-purpose-exchanging-help-in-iceland/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/travel-with-a-purpose-exchanging-help-in-iceland/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:41:27 +0000 daveNY http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=2005   Alrighty, here’s my first installment to inspire purpose-driven traveling.  Remember though, I ain’t never gonna be preaching in this blog.  I’m also going to be working on my grammar.  No, but seriously this blog is to help motivate myself as well as others.  I’ve got a personal goal set for how much of my year [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/travel-with-a-purpose-exchanging-help-in-iceland/feed/ 1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/back-to-blogging/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/back-to-blogging/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:46:42 +0000 daveNY http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=1914 So, I’m in upstate NY and will be for about another 3 months.  What better to do with my time then to blog about travel?!  I think about it all the time.  If I’m stationary, but actually pine over traveling and dream about it as well, that’s almost as good as being out on the [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/10/back-to-blogging/feed/ 2 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/chefchauen-the-blue-and-white-town/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/chefchauen-the-blue-and-white-town/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:48:01 +0000 Laura http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=1838 3 pm: I catch a local company bus from Tangier to Chefchaouen. We soon enter the Rif: a mountainous but green area, with animals pasturing. From time to time the bus encounters some farmers with traditional cloths, walking along the streets with their mules. Once in Chefchauen, I ask directions for my hotel (El Andaluz) [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/chefchauen-the-blue-and-white-town/feed/ 1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/one-april-day-in-tangier/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/one-april-day-in-tangier/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:36:01 +0000 Laura http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=1810 At 7:30 am of a perfect spring day I catch a flight from Milan to Tangier.  After a couple of hours the airplane came in to land… towards a Moroccan beach! An amazing view. I then catch an unregistered taxi for the city centre, where I taste my first real Moroccan mint tea (really delicious) [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/one-april-day-in-tangier/feed/ 1 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/vancouver-destination-2010/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/vancouver-destination-2010/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:30:48 +0000 Sarah Laurence http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=1719 Hospitable host of this year’s Winter Olympics, abode of a burgeoning film industry known as the Hollywood North and called hometown by stars such as Ryan Reynolds, Michael J Fox and Joshua Jackson; Vancouver is the epitome of laid-back cool. Quietly having built up its cult following over the last few years, it has suddenly [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/vancouver-destination-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/a-week-of-beaches-and-food/ http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/a-week-of-beaches-and-food/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:24:35 +0000 Gleb Petrenko http://www.itournow.com/blog/?p=1766 As soon as you land in Agadir airport you are greeted by a hubbub of people. Situated on the west coast of Morocco, the town of Agadir is a major winter sun destination. The town also pulls in lots of summer holidaymakers whom are  looking for sun, sea and sand. The area is well known [...]]]> http://www.itournow.com/blog/2011/09/a-week-of-beaches-and-food/feed/ 0