October 15th, 2008
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.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} There may come a time when travel stops being fun. How will you know it’s time to go home?
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Cycling in Vietnam / Photo Shoot Into The Sun
It was eerily similar to swimming.
Water gushed through my helmet, down my hood, and into my face. My gloves and shorts were saturated, weighted sponges clutching my skin. Peeking out from worn sandals, my toes lapped up street water with each pedal stroke.
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October 7th, 2008
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I don’t know about you, but my favorite thing to do while on vacation is eat. I’ve traveled recently to Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Denver - and found something new and tasty in each destination. It’s not well known around the blog-o-sphere - but I’m also a Food Network addict. I was watching a show the other day about COPIA and had to check it out.
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October 2nd, 2008
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Travel means many things to many people. But if you’re aware, every journey is a soul journey.
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Everyone knows what travel is. There’s not a lot to explain: you buy a ticket, go somewhere, have fun. End of story.
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May 1st, 2008
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When the principal attraction of a trip is looking at other people’s lives, there’s a fine line between human interest and human zoo.
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While much of Africa is best known for its stunning wildlife and superlative National Parks, Ethiopia’s main travel draws are scenic natural beauty and fascinating people.
Therefore, it seemed only natural that when our overland trip passed through Ethiopia, we took a detour to the Omo Valley, an area rich in colorful tribes.
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March 25th, 2008
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Movies have the power to inspire, to take us on a trip without requiring us to get off the couch.
A scene from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
One traveling garden gnome. A star-crossed couple on a sinking ocean liner. Eleven crooks on a European heist. And Bond??James Bond.
These are just four of the travelers who didn’t make it onto our roundup of the twenty greatest travel films of all time. Not because we didn’t like Amelie, Titanic, Ocean’s 11 or the Bond movies, mind you, but because we just didn’t have the space.
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March 7th, 2008
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Editor’s Introduction - Tim Patterson: I’m typing on the deck of a hostel in a little Uruguayan surf town called Punta del Diablo.
Travelers are chatting around me; the usual conversation about where they came from and where they’re going next. Down on the beach, surfers are catching the last waves of the day and men driving horse-drawn carts haul firewood into town.
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January 21st, 2008
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Winter festivals are an effective way of keeping?down on the?socially unacceptable craziness often brought on by cabin fever by replacing it with?socially acceptable craziness, instead.
The natives of?cold?places with long winters tend to pull out all the stops for these rowdy town parties. Most of the events are held outdoors and nearly every form of ice or snow related competition is included. The McCall, Idaho Winter Festival is no exception.
There’s snowshoe golf, snow sculpting, tubing races,? a snowmobile fun run and a closing ceremony with fireworks over the very frozen Payette Lake.
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January 3rd, 2008
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With a book in hand, travel becomes a two-fold adventure. Not only are you personally experiencing a new culture - you are simultaneously seeing it through the eyes of another, during a different period in time.
Reading is a great form of entertainment and inspiration. However, for aspiring travel writers, it also serves as a necessary tool to learning the craft of writing. Books become your teachers, and who better to learn from than the legends of literature?
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December 25th, 2007
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Sometimes, when I tell people I’m a travel writer, they ask if I studied journalism in college.
“No,” I answer. “I didn’t.” And I’m not really a journalist either. Journalism is a noble profession, but as a species of writing it’s sometimes hamstrung by its own rulebook.
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December 3rd, 2007
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I am often involved in discussions with people eager to share stories about their latest adventure of a lifetime. One question that I tend to ask is “Did you meet any locals?” Many people quickly throw out an excuse:
“I was with a guided tour and didn’t get a chance to meet anyone” or “I don’t speak their language” or “I was on the beach the whole time“.
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