By Helen Lippman “Why are we going to Newark?” Sari asked as we approached Broad Street. Are you in for a surprise, I thought, confident that Military Park, the first stop on our downtown tour, would deliver. With a recently completed $3.5 million makeover of the park, residential towers going up on Broad Street, and…
Overland Across Africa By Themselves Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips is an edge of your seat true tale about a couple’s seven-month “dream” odyssey–overland across Africa from top-to-tip. Against their better judgment, Brandon and Cheryl, confirmed independent travelers, join a bewildering band of companions and clueless guides. After their dream of crossing Africa becomes a…
Hanging out with His Holiness: Meeting the Dalai Lama By Katherine Smith I’m not usually a nervous passenger, but then I don’t usually attempt to conquer the world’s highest motorable pass. It’s just short of 19,000 feet high to be exact. We’re driving from Leh in Ladakh to the Nubra Valley, close to the Chinese…
Burmese Light: Impressions of the Golden Land. A photographic look at Burma/Myanmar by two esteemed journalists.
If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It Isn’t Big Enough In honor of her 40th birthday, Kristine K. Stevens sold her house, quit her job, and traveled solo around the world. Carrying a backpack and the naïve belief that the trip was nothing more than a six-month-long vacation, she hit the road. As her journey…
Traveling around Europe Without Flying for 954 Days By Davide Vadala On August 2010 I took what would have been my last flight for a long period, going from India to Turkey. Little did I know that for the next three years this option was going to turn into a new traveling style for me….
Exploring the reasons so many travelers have Himalayan Fever, after visiting places like Kathamdu and McLeod Ganj, but the visitors might be doing more harm than good.
Darjeeling, India: Enjoying the slow life and visiting the 70 tea gardens and tea plantations of this famous part of India.
Thailand: Jean Miller Spoljaric spends a week in Thailand, where she tours Bangkok in a canal boat, views the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, and pays a visit to a hill tribe village.
In Search of the Fairest Cup of All [On a ten-week bicycle tour of Thailand, Matthew Kadey and Tabi Ferguson visit the Doi Chang in the mountains of Northern Thailand where the Akha tribe have replaced the poppy crop with coffe beans that are said to be the most flavorful in the world.] By Matthew…
Some Famous Writers Who Also Loved to Travel In this article, we present some of the finest travel writers in history. From Charles Dickens chatting with a Choctaw chieftain aboard a steamboat on the Ohio River, to Isabella Bird riding her pony through remoted snowbound passages in the Colorado Rockies. If you have a favorite…
Beastie Boys NYC: Arriving in New York City with an iPod loaded with Beastie Boys tunes to experience NYC through their music, starting at White Castle.
