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Taking the Plunge in Thailand

... rules left and right. In the hour or so we spent chatting about meditation and enlightenment at the hot springs that morning, they ... “eating,” straight boys hold hands, girls talk openly about being “pretty” or “fat” or “smart,” and if you show up at an ...

Features - Carson Christiano

Tips on Packing for Your Next Trip

... and passport have been tucked away in a safe place. What about packing, asks AP9 SimpleEscapes , a travel discount membership program ...

Blog entry - Margaux

Madonna, not Muhammad in Senegal

... It is 12:30 pm and this semi-reliable web connection is about to close down for mid-day prayers. The cyber cafe's attendant (a ... that a night of table tennis and Peter Tosh tunes was about as awry as globalization was ever going to get. That's when I ran ...

Features - Nayeli

101 Greener Travel Tips

As part of Green Week, today’s post is all about greener travel tips. Travel is a big part of my life; it’s my passion ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

In Transit

... normally garrulous Indians don’t seem to enjoy talking about them, and will change the subject more often than not should you raise ... [img]/files/images/transit5.jpg[/img]Trips are as much about places as they are about the people you meet along the way. There are ...

Features - SC

Searching for antiques in Shanghai

... of carved stone statues, troughs, etc. We fantasized about a pair of carved lions! A late lunch of Spanish tapas washed down with a ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

10 Greatest Travellers of All Time

... grounds for great debate. "While there is some consensus about the greatest movie ever (Citizen Kane) and best pop record (Bohemian ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Isla Guadalupe:

... clear out of the water and bit through our anchor cable, about the size of a man’s wrist and designed to hold an 86-foot dive boat in ... a brand new “anchor chain.” Every day we learn more about these magnificent animals. Fortunately for us, there’s only one ...

Features - DouglasPatric

Australia's Southern Charm

... Houston. Leaving the nearly four million Sydneysiders for about 28,000 Albany residents, Diane’s family of six found just the kind of ... into the house as needed. And while Albany averages only about 34 inches of rain annually, this is usually sufficient for their family ...

Features - CraemerMark

Kayakers ice breaking on Lake Champlain last weekend!

... via flickr.com I'm hoping to start windsurfing in about a month, but these hardy women are already out on Lake Champlain! The ice ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis