Adventure travel with a...

Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Israel , Ecotourism , Middle East Travel can be such an incredible, life altering, experience, both for us, and the people that we interact with on our journeys. But seldom is that more clearly defined than in the case of an...
The ultimate guide to Carnival in Rio: parties and parades

The ultimate guide to C...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Festivals and Events , South America , Brazil , Nightlife , Women’s Travel What’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro without its lively parties and parades? Now that planning, packing, and logistics are taken care of, it’s time to...

Untouched Italy: Explor...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Europe , Italy , Video While many people go to Italy to explore the wonderful cities of Rome , Florence , Venice , and Milan , there many off-the-radar cities also worth discovering. One of these cities is Basilicata , which Seattle , Washington...

National Parks Conserva...

Filed under: Activism , Learning , Blogs , North America , United States The National Parks Conservation Association , a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and preserve America’s wild and historic places, officially launched their new blog earlier this week. The...
5 student travel programs that are hiring this summer

5 student travel progra...

Filed under: Learning , United States Want to get out of town this summer? Leading a student travel program may just be your ticket. The requirements vary from program to program, but often include foreign language proficiency, in-country experience, previous work with adolescents, a...

New York City’s w...

Filed under: North America , United States , Hotels and Accommodations , Budget Travel Stunning Cockroaches. Dodgy brown stains. When we got to the room, all I could do was cry. Moldy swamp pit. Dried boogers on the wall. Cheap porn set. We met mice in the corridor. Smelled like murder...

Bowermaster’s Adv...

Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Paddling , Antarctica Port Lockroy — If there is a human population center along the Antarctic Peninsula, this is it. While there may be hundreds of thousands of penguins, tens of thousands of seals, whales and sea...
Franz Josef glacier: Big icy tongue of the rainforest

Franz Josef glacier: Bi...

Filed under: Hiking , History , Learning , Stories , Oceania , New Zealand , Ecotourism “The Franz Josef Glacier is so singularly beautiful, so beautiful indeed, and centered amongst such vivid, exceptional, and picturesque surroundings that if it were situated in any other country...

Climbers attempting Kil...

Filed under: Activism , Climbing , Hiking , Festivals and Events , Africa , South Africa , Tanzania A team of South African climbers has traveled to Tanzania , where they hope to climb Kilimanjaro , the tallest mountain on the African continent, without wearing shoes. Over the next few...

Yosemite National Park ...

Filed under: Hiking , Learning , North America , United States , Video , Camping While most people have seen beautiful photos of Yosemite National Park in California , there’s nothing quite like watching the different aspects of a landscape as they shift and transform through...

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