Near to Here - my new travel app - launched today!

I am very excited to say that our new iphone app, Near to Here, launched today, and quite successfully too. Check it our and download it by going to Near to Here

It's a really cool travel application, that will surely aid me and Jeff on our next adventure.

Using reverse geolocation look-up technology, Near to Here knows exactly where you are and what interesting stuff is around you. As you pass by landmarks - both renowned and obscure, you will be alerted with the Wikipedia entry of whatever is near - allowing you to discover and learn as you wander through new or old places.

No matter where you are on the planet, if you are near to something cool, chances are, Near to Here will alert you and tell you about it. Whether you are passing by a plaza in Rome, playing near a fountain in Paris, strolling through Times Square in New York, or admiring the world's largest ball of yarn in Darwin, Minnesota, this application will give you all the information you need to be an informed traveler.

I was excited to get a little ink from our friends over at The Campus Socialite. Check our the interview.

Thanks to everyone for all the support.

Mumbai

Hey everyone I decided to make a post after the recent events in Mumbai, India. It was a very unfortunate what unfolded there. They hit a bunch of the tourist locations and we visited almost all of them while we were tourists in Mumbai. Below is a description of the pictures I posted in order- 1. The Taj Hotel in Mumbai on fire during the attacks, we took many pictures in front of this building and we tried to book a room, but it was WAY out of our price range ~$400 or 1700 INR . 2. A picture of Leopold's cafe a couple days after the attacks. Zak and I ate there (I ate the garlic bread) and we ran into our flight attendants from our flight from JFK. This is very very popular with tourists, it is a must see, I do no know why, maybe because it is so old (1871). 3. A picture we took of the Taj Hotel it was founded in 1903. 4. Zak in front of the Taj Hotel. 5. Zak and I in front of the Taj Hotel.

B-Bite Free and Preventing Malaria

Throughout my travels in India, Panama, and the mountains of Puerto Rico I have not found a better insect repellent than B-Bite Free - www.bbitefree.com . This product is the longest lasting, best performing bug spray I have ever used. B-Bite Free contains 98.11% Deet, which is the only proven ingredient to repel bugs especially mosquitoes and ticks. The higher percentage of Deet the longer the product will last. B-Bite Free lasts at least 3 times longer than the other insect repellents that I have used. In India, I decided not to take malaria pills because I knew I had the best prevention to mosquito carrying diseases like Lyme Disease, Malaria, and West Nile Disease. Malaria pills tend to have very adverse side-effects. India is one of the hardest hit areas by Malaria in the entire world, and I persevered due to this long lasting product, B-Bite Free. Also, I noticed on their website - www.bbitefree.com - that it is a veteran-formed small business. I always prefer to give my business to veterans and small business owners because they are the backbone of our society. The company's name is Faulkwood Chemical LLC, it is based somewhere in Florida. I pulled this pictures of the product off of their website- www.bbitefree.com -

The blog will be temporarily out of service until our next adventure...

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Jeff & Zak

We are on the plane

We are walking onto the plane as I type. We will be in Atlanta @ 6:50 Am. Thank you for your support!!!!

Returning to the States...

Our ETA to ATL is 6:50 AM Tuesday morning. If things change, then we will note the changes.

Desert Safari

While in Dubai we took a 5 hour Desert safari which included sand dunning, camel riding, shisha, and a bbq. Here are some pics and a video of the experience. The video and pictures do not accurately depict the experience.

View of the Burj Al Arab

So here are some pictures of a night out right next to the Burj Al Arab . This is the most ridiculous hotel I have ever heard of, I also heard that it is the only 7 star hotel . We took these pictures from the closest possible hotel. The Burj Al Arab is the tallest building that is soley used as a hotel. Here is an articule about when Roger played Andre in Tennis on the Helipad http://gargles.net/tennis-on-the-burj/ this place is crazy. Dubai is the biggest playground in the world. The people here are an entirely different type of wealthy. This night we were just smoking Cubans on the roof top of some 5 star hotel. Can it get any better? Well maybe, the next night we went on a desert saferi then watched the sun rise on some random beach on the Persian Gulf with 2 beautiful Emirates flight attendants.

Zak zooming by

Here is a video of Zak hitting the slopes hard...

Skiing in the Middle East

When we arrived in Dubai we were given 2 recommendations: 1. go snow skiing 2: go on a sand safari with camel riding and sand dunning. We knew we had to do those two endeavors. We woke up one morning wearing capris, sandals, and t-shirts with the mission in our heads to go snow skiing in the middle of the desert. We showed up at the Mall of the Emirates, walked over to the indoor ski slopes and proceeded to rent our ski's, winter clothes, and lift ticket. They do not include hats or gloves, but we could buy them for $20 each. We made the executive decision to save a couple of $$$ and not purchase either. We were very sceptical of how cold it would actually be on the slopes and whethor or not it was actual snow. We immediteally regreted the because it was -4c and it was real snow. It was so much fun, but a little too cold so afterwards we went straight to the beach where it was 110 degrees.