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Vacation Sex, Glacier Snowmobiles and realizations

September 29, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

I thought sex on vacation was supposed to be easy.  And constant.  I’ve always had a lot more sex on vacation than I do during my regular life. Okay, I totally […]

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Dreaming of Gay Vikings

September 29, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

Iceland flickers from the exotic to familiar, and back. Daylight stretches for 16 hours, and it’s already fall and the days have been shortening for a few months.  This is […]

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Once in a Lifetime Lucky in Akureyri

September 29, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

Akureyri sees itself as the second city of Iceland, anchoring the north with galleries and shops and a quirky outlook facing the Arctic circle, which is a short ferry ride […]

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Iceland: Landscapes and Drama

September 25, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

On the second half of our trip, after a particularly tense day, as I drove silently, he asked “Can I talk to you about something?” That’s generally a scary opening. […]

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Angel and I in Iceland

September 25, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

Angel doesn’t act like a Type A personality, until it comes to travel.  But he’ll be the first to admit, that if he feels like he’s not getting the absolute […]

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Vacationing versus Traveling: Iceland, pt 1.

September 25, 2018by tomwhitman Leave a comment

There’s vacationing and there’s traveling. Vacationing is when there aren’t that many decisions to make.  You’re in a resort and the biggest choice you make in the afternoon is what color […]

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Rock climbing, “The Beach,” and Sauvignon Blanc

January 16, 2017by tomwhitman Leave a comment

January 11, 2017 Krabi stretches for miles along the Andaman Sea.  The same limestone cliffs that pierce the sky of Vang Vieng and the ocean of Halong Bay dot the […]

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Elephants & Jungles & Waterfalls, Oh My.

January 7, 2017by tomwhitman Leave a comment

January 5, 2017 I’ve dated wonderful people.  With one exception, I’ve truly chosen really special people to spend time with.  But it’s been a while since I was impressed with […]

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Not Forever Is Still Wonderful: Realizations from Kruger National Park

July 24, 2016by tomwhitman Leave a comment

Being on safari is like visiting the zoo, in the same way that Adele’s concert is like me singing in the shower.  It is so many worlds apart as to […]

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Returning to my “from”

November 12, 2015by tomwhitman Leave a comment

Where are you from? I’ve always hesitated, or qualified, when I answered that question. My father was in the Air Force, and we moved every two or three year until […]

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