Everybody wants to take photos when they travel—it’s one of the best ways to preserve moments, trigger memories and share your experiences with others at home. A few years back, my partner and I forgot our digital camera at a trail head on Kauai. When …
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“How many times have you been traveling and visited a school or community or local charity that you would love to help? The school needs books, or a map or pencils; an orphanage needs children’s clothes or toys. All things that, if only you’d known, you could’ve stuffed in your …
Packing light does wonders for travel. How many times have you loaded your suitcase or backpack with everything you think you might need, in every possible scenario, only to arrive at your destination and start cursing your extravagant, over-packing self as you grunt and sweat your way …
I have a small confession to make —after a long day yesterday, I came home, plopped down on the couch and indulged in one of my guilty pleasures. I tuned in to the season premiere of the mother of all reality shows—Survivor.
Even …
I returned from a trip to Peru a few months ago filled with love for the beautiful people there and their amazing culture. As a participant on a community-based travel program, I made deep connections with an Andean family during a home stay and gained many …
Here’s a new perspective to consider when booking a hotel room – walkability!
Thanks to a fabulous new website called Walk Score (http://www.walkscore.com) you can now calculate the optimal use of what they call your “zero pollution transportation machines.”
Here’s how it works: simply type in …
Here’s a story that hits on both the major tenets of sustainable travel—cultural preservation and environmental stewardship.
The Sydney Morning Herald ran a story last month about Jeffery Lee, the sole remaining member of the Djok Clan and senior custodian of his ancestral lands at Koongarra, adjacent to …
This is more than just the title of a delightful foreign film by Ang Lee.
These are a few of the words you should learn in the local language of every place you travel!
Learning just a few words in the local dialect will do wonders for the …
Digital cameras, GPS, mp3 players—there are so many great little gadgets available to the traveler today that even the simplest bare-bones packers among us have batteries in their luggage. What is the most responsible way to deal with batteries when you are on the road?
First of all, if …
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