TOP 20 DEALS * — APRIL 01, 2009

$499 — Visit London: 4 Nights & Air
http://www.travelzoo.com/top20/25577087-562580/
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Do you dream to one day travel the world? If so, I think you’ll enjoy this quote that I found in a blog post over at an excellent travel blog called WanderingWhy.

If this doesn’t help you decide to achieve your dreams of traveling, then I don’t know what will…

If we do not offer ourselves to the

unknown, our senses dull, our world

becomes small and we lose our sense of

wonder. Our eyes will not lift to the

horizon; our ears will not hear the sounds

around us. We pass our days in a routine

that is both comfortable and limiting. We

soon wake up to find we have lost our

dreams in order to protect our days. Fear

of the unknown and the lure of the

comfortable space will conspire to keep

you from taking the chances you should

take.

But if you take a chance, you will never

regret the choice. To be sure, there will be

moments of doubt when you stand alone on

an empty road in the pouring rain, or when

you are ill with fever in a rented bed. But

as the pains of the moment will come; so

will they ever fade away. In the end you

will be so much richer, so much stronger, so

much happier and so much the better

person for having taken risk, and hardship.

There will be nothing to compare to the

insight you have gained.

I know, I know. It’s been a while! It’s tough to blog about your travels when you haven’t been traveling! Currently my life consists of the following things: Work, Gym, did I say Work? and my latest web project called Bargains Make Cents!

To all of my loyal PTM followers… I’d like to introduce a new website to you that I’ve been working on for the past few months. BargainsMakeCents.com just launched about two weeks ago and it’s going great so far!

You’ll be able to find all sorts of great bargains, deals, steals and more on everything from Travel, to Electronics, to Restaurants!

Let me know what you think!

Eiffel Tower - Paris, France - (2008)
ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY (R.Gargiulo), UNLESS CREDITED OTHERWISE!
© 2008 Pause The Moment

For those who haven’t had the chance to check out TripFilms.com yet, the time is now! At TripFilms.com you’ll find thousands of short, informative travel videos from travelers all over the world. If you’d like to find out where the best place to eat in Rio de Janeiro is, or maybe where the best place to stay in Dublin, Ireland is, log on to TripFilms.com now to learn more about your future travel destinations. Continue Story… »

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Today is an important day! It seems as if every year that passes Thanksgiving ends up meaning more and more to me.  It’s more than just another day to stuff your face. It’s a day to be thankful. Thankful for everything you have, and to simply have the opportunity to be spending quality time with your family with food on the table and a roof over your head… if you’re lucky enough! Continue Story… »

If you’re looking for an interesting article to consume your lunch break today then be sure to jump on over to Vagabondish.com to check out a great new article about Vagabonding and Long Term Travel written by Nora Dunn a self proclaimed Professional Hobo and Freelance Writer. There are some really great tips about long term travel and hell, it just might inspire you to plan a trip of your own! Continue Story… »

As I stated in the previous post, YouTube, GoogleVideo, and other video sharing sites seem to compress the heck out of videos that are uploaded even though they know it will effect the quality dramatically. Well, after a little trial and error, I found a great site called Vimeo where I was able to upload my Zipline Video with no compression, or loss of quality issues. Sweet!

Check out the GOOD version below:

After a few hours of editing and finagling with all of the footage that I got while we were Zip-lining up in Lincoln, NH this past weekend I finally threw together a 4 minute video of the trip. Unfortunately GoogleVideo and YouTube compressed the heck out of it so the quality isn’t what it should be. Oh well, click on the link below… Enjoy!

Alpine Adventures - Sky Rider Zipline Tour - Lincoln, NH

Off to New Hampshire for the weekend!

We woke up this morning around 8:30AM and finished up some last minute packing before loading up my car with all of our gear. Liz decided to bring her closet with her, so it made it sort of difficult to see out my rear window. Not really, she actually did good! Only because I forced her to leave what I thought was unnecessary back at home.

Anyways, so we loaded the car and headed on up to New Hampshire. Surprisingly enough there was a little traffic before we got to Boston but luckily we were in no real rush to get up there.

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