When it comes to packing, love it or hate it, everyone has their own technique. Packing can be a definite art form, but even when you have it down to a science, there is always room for a little personal flair. Do you painstakingly organize every item or do you [...]
In Thailand, it’s illegal to throw your used gum on the sidewalk. In Zimbabwe, it’s illegal to make an offensive gesture to a presidential motorcade. In Italy, punching someone is technically considered a felony. The point? Sometimes you can get in trouble for things you hadn’t even considered in your [...]
Aside from getting arrested or mauled by a polar bear, getting food poisoning while traveling is one of the best ways to ruin an otherwise fabulous trip. With a sensitive stomach and a penchant for making poor decisions where delicious but dubious food vendors are concerned, I speak from experience. [...]
Although there are plenty of travelers who blur the line between appropriate risk and absolute insanity, my line between adventure and suicide is actually pretty distinct. So when a friend suggested that we explore the pockmarked roads of Mbale, Uganda on the back of a rickety motorbike, I made a [...]
In an ideal world, our travels would center around the pursuit of pleasure. We’d spend more time sampling the cuisine of local street vendors under
At some point in your traveling career you will be lead to believe that riding a plodding ungulate through the desert is something that must be crossed off your travel bucket list. I was like this once. My more experienced camel-riding veteran travelers tried to warn me, but I wouldn’t [...]
Taking a photo is one of the best ways to capture a trip and serves as an inexpensive and unique souvenir of some of our best (and worst) travels. Unfortunately some abuse the power of the photographer and use it as an excuse to be inconsiderate of both locals and [...]
Unless you are fortunate enough to live in the tropics or a similarly temperate climate, chances are that if you’re considering getting your scuba certification you are facing the standard pool routine followed by a few grueling sessions in frigid and murky waters. As much fun as that sounds, if [...]
My Grandparents weren’t from the U.S. Hailing from England, they resettled to the U.S. after WW2 and moved around from state to state before my Grandfather accepted a job in Illinois. With my Dad and I settled comfortably in California, summer was the time I headed toward the land of [...]
While my family and friends are under the impression that working as a travel blogger consists primarily of searching out and consuming gelato, they’re only partially correct. Ok, fine. They’re mostly correct, but I can blog and search out gelato at the same time. I’m very talented where desserts and [...]