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How to Pack for Your Next Trip Without Checking Any Luggage

Monday, December 17th, 2007

As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel near the airport in Atlanta. I wasn’t supposed to be here today but the winter storm that’s raging through the Northeast caused many flight cancellations including mine.

I arrived in Atlanta only to find that my connecting flight had been cancelled and that I would have to find a hotel room for the night.

I’m kicking myself right now because I checked my luggage!

I haven’t checked a bag since I flew from Jamaica to Tokyo for a TV appearance. My luggage was put on the wrong plane and I almost had to go on the air with a borrowed suit that was about two sizes too big for me.

It ended up getting delivered to the studio about 5 minutes before we started shooting in front of a live audience, but I vowed never again to check my bags if I could help it.

This morning I forgot that lesson and now I’m left without a change of clothes or decent toiletries or any of the work I was intending to do.

Don’t let this happen to you!

The only way you can make sure this never happens is to

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Getting Lost in Istanbul

Monday, August 20th, 2007

As soon as I looked out of my cabin window this morning I knew that this port would finally provide the taste of old Europe that I’d yet to find on this voyage. Mosques and minarets dotted the landscape and bright red flags with the Muslin moon and star snapped briskly in the sea breeze. It was about 90 degrees already and it was only 8am.

The first stop of the day was at the Hippodrome, the site of chariot races in old Constantanople that attracted crowds of 100,000 people. The Egyptian obelisk that still stands at it’s center is over 3,500 years old and I suddenly realized that I’d never before seen anything older than a few hundreds years that wasn’t locked up behind glass in a museum.

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10 Weeks in the Caribbean

Monday, July 30th, 2007

I’ve just returned from a 10 week tour in the Caribbean and I’ve got to tell you, it was amazing! A lot of people talk about living the life of their dreams but very few actually go out and do it. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able not only to

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