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From Bloody Nose Ridge to the Valley of Death
Continuing on our battlefields tour beyond the confines of the Pacific and World War II, there are many more stations to visit on the trail of humankind's preferred pastime. In Korea you can drop in on...
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Kindness One: Finding the Spirit of Mother Teresa in India
"Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love" -- Mother Teresa After my trip to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan I wasn't sure how I would react as I reentered...
View ArticleSFO Joins Other Airports In Welcoming Therapy Dogs To Relieve Stressed...
Canine lovers, you might want to arrange your next travel layover for San Francisco. Starting this month, the city’s airport is introducing a squad of therapy dogs to provide relief to stressed-out...
View ArticleThe Exceptional Traveler: The Currency Exchange Game
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.— Miriam Beard How To Do Exceptional Things Inexpensively Post #9 The Currency...
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Back Road Travels: The Old Coast Road from Bixby Bridge to Big Sur
Over the years, I have driven across the United States eight times and up and down the western and eastern coastlines more times than I can remember. As a landscape photographer, of all the places...
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Roadside Dinosaur Parks
Kitschy dinosaur parks are about as abundant around the world as the thunder lizards themselves once were. Largely an American phenomenon, it seems as though there was a period of post-Depression boom...
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6 Ways to Get On New York's Sh*t List
If you dream of finding yourself at the bottom of the East River with cement blocks tied to your feet, here are a few ways to piss off enough New Yorkers to get you there fast. Photo by: ryan.dowd New...
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13 Adventurous Hiking Tales
Have you ever marvelled at the scale and magnificence of those great, immoveable giants of nature, the mountains? Have you ever felt the cool caress of a snow-scented breeze from distant peaks, or...
View ArticleSleep Underwater in Baltimore
Baltimore has been one of the East Coast's most active ports since the 1660s. The city's eclectic style was born from the energy that comes from an active harbor. Here, the Chesapeake Bay plays a...
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Expat Recovery Room: Digging Stratonikeia
There's a thrill to each step taken in Turkey. It's the knowledge that underfoot, not more than a few feet, treasure waits. All one needs is the right swing of a pick, and Byzantine gold, Roman...
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Have You Ever Wanted To Chuck It All and Start Over?
We've been invited by Huffington Post Travel to write about our incredible around the world journey, which we've been on for two years and counting. We look forward to encouraging others to take stock...
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Litter from Indonesia -- Rubble in Paradise: Cleaning Up the Looney Front
The huge monitor lizard rests on a bed of filthy litter -- plastic bottles, wrappers, jars -- on the lushly jungled shore of soaring Rakata island, the largest remnant of, arguably, the most famous...
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6 Up-And-Coming Global Destinations, According To Trip Advisor
One of the thrills of traveling is the feeling -- however misguided -- that you have discovered a destination before the masses have. You were in Angkor Wat before restoration projects began, you saw...
View ArticleReal World 'Mario Kart' Exists, And It Should Be In The 2016 Olympics
You can now play the real life version of "Mario Kart," if you go to Australia. YouTube user Devin Graham posted a video of friends riding grass karts in Kurrajong Heights, outside of Sydney. Graham...
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21 Travel Resolutions To Make For 2014
It's true...many of us are pretty lousy at keeping up our New Year's resolutions. But this year, vow to stick to it and master something anything on your list. Here's what we're working towards in...
View Article8 Things I Learned In The South
Minutes after landing in the South, I realized I was somewhere very, very different from California or New York. The air indoors was perfumed with fried chicken. The air outdoors felt humid and rich....
View ArticleTechnical Glitch Causes Big Flight Delays In UK
LONDON (AP) — Scores of flights were delayed or canceled at Britain's busiest airports Saturday because of a technical problem at a main air traffic control center. National Air Traffic Service, which...
View ArticleMetro-North Ordered By Feds To Analyze Lines, Overhaul Signal System
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metro-North Railroad has until Tuesday to identify places in its system with major speed changes under an order from federal transportation officials requiring an extra worker in...
View ArticleCold Snap Hits Large Swath Of U.S., Leaving Thousands Without Power
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Millions hunkered down for icy conditions expected to last through the weekend from Texas to Ohio to Tennessee as a cold snap covered much of the nation, knocking out power and...
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The Most Bizarre Representation Of National Pride We've Ever Seen (NSFW)
Well, this is a strange one. Photographer Jonathan Icher has developed a very literal and very bizarre expression of national pride, one that involves body paint, fine cuisine and modelesque facial...
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