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island

6 posts
  • North America
  • travel
  • 32 views
  • 11 minute read

Hawaii, The Big Island: Probably not the Hawaii you’re thinking of.

  • Peter Crosby
  • 07/07/2010
It came as a shock when our plane touched down in the Proterozoic Era.
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  • Caribbean
  • North America
  • travel
  • 18 views
  • 11 minute read

San Juan, Puerto Rico: Where so many speak Spanish, you think you’re in California.

  • Peter Crosby
  • 05/11/2007
We spent a week in the not-so-exotic — but still technically foreign — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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  • travel
  • 37 views
  • 4 minute read

The Greek island of Crete is as popular with tourists today as it once was with foreign occupiers.

  • Peter Crosby
  • 07/04/2006
People liked Crete so much, they never wanted to leave, inspiring entire countries to try and do the same thing.
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  • Caribbean
  • travel
  • 11 views
  • 6 minute read

Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles: It’s French. No, it’s Dutch. No, French…

  • Peter Crosby
  • 10/23/2003
It’s Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles on one side, and Saint Martin, French West Indies on the other. Weird, right?
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  • travel
  • 4 views
  • 6 minute read

Jamaica: Land of sun, fun, and Cohibas.

  • Peter Crosby
  • 11/10/1996
We visit a Caribbean paradise and like it. Mostly.
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  • North America
  • Oceania
  • travel
  • 13 views
  • 5 minute read

Oahu Hawai‘i: “All expenses paid trip” turns out to be Advertising Club ruse.

  • Peter Crosby
  • 10/10/1996
We get suckered into judging the advertising of people who live in paradise, and we were not okay with it.
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  • Asia
  • travel
  • 10 minute read
  • 31 views

Turkey’s Cappadocia region would be the perfect place to trip on ’shrooms.

  • 05/06/2023
  • Asia
  • travel
  • 13 minute read
  • 109 views

The megacity of Istanbul borders on Europe, Asia, and the inexplicable.

  • 05/03/2023
  • Asia
  • travel
  • 11 minute read
  • 81 views

It’s hard to believe Petra still exists, considering that the place is basically water-soluble.

  • 11/13/2022
  • Asia
  • travel
  • 6 minute read
  • 79 views

Jordan’s Wadi Rum is like visiting Mars without being the billionaire CEO of a rocket company.

  • 11/12/2022
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The CrosbyReport™ was created by former Advertising Creative Director turned internationally unknown tourist, Peter Crosby. Typically written while day-drinking in Tampa, Florida, the site chronicles Peter’s travels to more interesting cities and towns around the world. All writing and photos are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, unless otherwise noted. The theme was created by Code Supply Co.