As the weather gets more wintry this Thanksgiving week, reading about the slow pace of Trancoso, located 300 miles south of Salvador de Bahia makes one feel like planning for a quick escape. Visit Trancosobahia Facebook Page and and you get treated to a vision of heavenly beaches, nearby tropical forest and life in slowlane. ( 'Trancoso, Bahia Church photo from Trancosobahia Facebook page)

If like me you hate having to visit any, many, number of travel websites to find some of the best fares for air travel, hotels and the like, give a try to Mobissimo. Enter your choice of destination and in no time you get some of the best fares available. They do not sell the products. It is best described as a search engine for Travel. I first read about them on John Batelle's blog....