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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
By Cool Material
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
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The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico

From jungle-lined fairways to greens hanging over the Sea of Cortez, consider this our fantasy nine-hole round through Mexico.

By Cool Material
The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure

ROAM’s Large Carry-On and Duffel handled a week of work, wine, race cars, and everything in between.

By Travis Haley
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
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Moon Express Commercial Moon Missions

Moon Express was founded in 2010 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with the goal of winning the Google Lunar X prize. Ultimately, that would mean commercial missions to the Moon to turn it into the 8th continent ripe for mining of natural resources to make everyone involved rich,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Retreat Hotel Blue Lagoon Suite

Thanks to relatively cheap flights from many major airports in the U.S., Iceland has become quite the tourist destination as of late. If you're looking to go and are digging around for recommendations on things to do, no name will pop up as often as the Blue Lagoon. The problem…

By Mike Newman
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The Best Airbnbs for a Surfing Vacation

As wise man Jeff Spicoli once said, “All [we] need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz, and [we’re] fine.” Unfortunately, we don’t exactly live in the surf capital of the world, so we spend a lot of our time—far more than we’d like to admit—staring out the window…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Isle of Jura is the Perfect Quiet Vacation for Scotch Lovers

To orient you, the Isle of Jura’s next door neighbor is Islay, off the West Coast of Scotland. You probably recognize the latter’s name if you’re at all a fan of scotch whisky. For all of the popularity Islay enjoys, we preferred our time on Jura. It’s smaller, more soft-spoken,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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AirShip 2

If you want to escape to the Scottish Highlands to enjoy lush green fields, views of the water, and plenty of good single malt, but you need a place to stay, consider your reservation booked. This is the AirShip 2, an insulated aluminum pod that puts you right among Scotland's…

By Mike Newman
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