Adrian Qais: Adventure Traveller
Adrian’s travels embody what we define as “experiential travel” – at its core it is traveling with an intent and openness to having experiences – in part focusing on what is unique to a particular...
View ArticleLearn to Lucid Dream and Travel the World While you Sleep
Most people don’t get to spend their entire life traveling around the world, but if it was possible would you grab the opportunity with both hands? Would you love to travel to far off places at the...
View ArticleThe Howler Monkeys of Nicaragua
A deafening jungle downpour assaulted the clay roof of my cousin, Rob’s Nicaraguan ranch house. Lying snug in bed, I foresaw the cancellation of our excursion at first light to track the elusive...
View ArticleCatalina Island: Crown Jewel of the Channel Islands
What: Santa Catalina Island, California When: Growing into a year round destination, but glorious in Spring/Summer Where: 22 miles (35 km) SouthWest of Los Angeles How: Private Boat, Helicopter, Jet...
View ArticleRiver Gods: Confessions of a Grand Canyon Guide
It all began, for me, at a meeting of the Canoe Cruisers Association, the Washington, D.C. chapter. In the midst of the button-down capital there is an underground of cutoffs and t-shirts that each...
View ArticleHelicopter Tour of Darwin Australia
What to do in Darwin on a rainy grey day? Going up in a Helicopter is perhaps not one’s first choice. It is the rainy season here. With that said, perhaps it was optimistic to think I could do a...
View ArticleThe Dangerous First Descent of the Zambezi
It was Valentine’s Day when I first saw the river; it was love at first sight. Along with a party of tour operators, I had been shuttled between game parks and hotel lobbies for days, all leading up to...
View ArticleIsrael: The Royal Tour
Israel: The Royal Tour, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and CBS Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, Premieres on Public Television Thursday, March 6, 2014 (check local listings) One-hour...
View ArticleThe Delights of the Menzies Welcombe HotelSpa & GolfClub
For many years as a youngster my Mum and Dad would take me to tea at this superb property deep in the heart of Warwickshire. Only a stone’s throw from Stratford Upon Avon the hotel offers all the many...
View ArticleWhat do Van Morrison, The Godfather of Punk, and Seamus Heaney have in Common?
There is a theory of “primitive affluence” that suggests that when a society has its primary needs met by Nature…food, shelter, clothing…then it will turn to creativity. Bali, a tropical island in...
View ArticleA Stay at the Silky Oaks Eco-Lodge, Daintree Rainforest Queensland
After traveling for probably a great distance as most of the guests have endured prior to arriving here – you walk into your cool room, with soft music playing to match the mood of the setting, and you...
View ArticleLizard Island, Remote Luxury
Arrival You are on a 10-seater looking out of the window. The azure waters glisten out of the side windows with spectacular coral reefs coming into view as the plane steadily makes its way to a small...
View ArticleJollyboys Backpackers, Livingstone Zambia – June 2014
This hip and urban backpackers hangout features friendly folks, a variety of area activities, private and dorm rooms – but most of all is a central meeting point for adventurous travelers from around...
View ArticleTop #epicOZ experiences
Australia is a country that begs to be explored – not quickly but slowly over a number of months. In the absence of such time, shorter trips are fine but focusing on a specific part of the country...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: The Real Fountain of Youth?
When Christopher Columbus made landfall in Puerto Rico during his second trans-Atlantic voyage, in 1493, a young Spanish nobleman, Ponce de León, some scholars believe, was on board. Rumors of hefty...
View ArticlePlanning a Sea, Sun and Sand Vacation in Panama City Beach
I have been fortunate to have visited Florida a number of times – sunshine, warm temperatures and the fact the state is ground zero for tropical fruit in the lower 48 has always appealed to me. My...
View ArticleKayaking the Los Angeles River in the middle of an Urban Jungle!
The River When you stand solitary on North Main Street next to the railroad tracks above the Los Angeles River all you feel is a deep sadness as you look down on a river that has been dramatically...
View ArticleNo Plans Today, Just Driving – #Iceland
After driving out of Reykjavik towards the mountains – I spotted a road that climbed the slopes. Soon I was in the snow line; then I almost ran into a helicopter. Out of nowhere this chopper came...
View ArticleCruising Holland America Line, ms Eurodam
One of my early childhood memories is visiting my grandparents as they left for an around the world cruise on a Holland America Line cruise ship – this must have been sometime in the late 1970’s or...
View ArticleOceanwide Expeditions Antarctica Contest
I recently started working with Oceanwide Expeditions, a Netherlands based cruise company focusing on the planet’s remote extreme north and south destinations (the Arctic and Antarctica). Founded in...
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