News and Deals: Novembe...
More tourists head to Caribbean but spend less The Associated Press It’s a good news-bad news deal for tourism in the sun-soaked Caribbean. Visits are surging but revenues are not keeping pace. Analysts attribute the rising number of visitors to more cruise ships and flights to...Five Random Travel Phot...
I may not be a world famous National Geographic travel photographer, but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy photography as a hobby. Flipping through my photos recently I found a few that I love and thought I would share them with you. 1. I was walking around the Sydney Opera House when...Hagelslag: Belgian choc...
Filed under: Food and Drink , Europe , Belgium Chocolate. You gotta love it. You can eat it, cook with it, even snort it . It’s good at every meal. Even breakfast, as I discovered on a recent trip to Antwerp . The Belgians enjoy a special breakfast treat called Hagelslag. These are...
Photo of the day: autum...
Filed under: Climbing , Hiking , Photos , North America , United States , Camping , Ecotourism For anyone who thinks the autumn colors don’t show boldly outside of New England , just focus your eyes for a moment on this photo of Virginia Canyon in California. As part of Yosemite...Hiker sets speed record...
Filed under: Hiking , North America , United States Sure, it’s been a couple of weeks now, but this story is simply too remarkable to not be told again. According to the Wend blog , 39-year-old Scott Williamson of Truckee, California officially accomplished my life goal of thru...
Soviet Yerevan...
Filed under: Europe , Armenia , Budget Travel The architectural influence of the Soviet years cannot be missed in Yerevan. Two examples in particular viscerally embody the grandiose massive-scale drama associated with Soviet architectural projects: the Armenian Genocide Monument and the...
Photo of the day: New O...
Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Festivals and Events , Photos , North America , United States People have been talking about New Orleans differently since Hurricane Katrina . No matter how the city’s name slips into conversation, the disaster named Katrina is typically...Swiss village Obermutte...
Filed under: Switzerland , Video , Internet Tools , News A tiny Swiss mountain village is taking social media to a new level. Obermutten in Graubuenden has promised anyone who “likes” the town on Facebook that they will put his/her photo onto the Commune’s official...Blogger Ori Epstein...
Filed under: About The Bloggers Where was your photo taken : The side of the road in some unknown (to me) village in Rajasthan . Where do you live now : The beautiful brownstone neighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn , New York, at least until I get priced out. Scariest airline flown : I...