National Geographic pho...
Filed under: Arts and Culture , Photos , News Attention photographers: there’s a National Geographic photo contest open until November 30th. The esteemed magazine is famous for spectacular photography and simultaneously famous for spectacular photo contests. The most recent photo...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...