Ha! Now this is funny. As you surely know, I love to whine and complain about things I don’t like, including banal, regurgitative, one-upsman, and/or... »
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A Tale of Hoverboards, Star Wars, Twilight, and Moon Travel
Sometimes you just need a 7.2 lb. pocket knife. Amazon.com reviewers can be funny but this is by far the funniest I’ve ever read, found as I was searching for a new traveler’s pocket knife. In case it disappears from Amazon’s site, I pasted it in its entirety here but you should definitely check... »
The Most Important Article on [Travel] You Will Read in 2012
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Do you want more money to travel? (feel free to replace travel with: buy groceries, knit, drape yourself in Armani, pay off student loans, have a kid, feed your skydiving habit, donate to charity, buy more toys for your cat, etc.) Do you want to help ensure your good health... »
Travelers: Embrace Your Inner Tourist
I’m happy to have permission from my friend writer Cynthia Ord to re-publish a blog post of hers: Us and Them in Travel Literature. She voices many of the same thoughts I’ve had over the years, especially regarding the pretension with traveler (seasoned=good) vs. tourist (amateur) although I must red-faced admit... »
Unplugging Blah Blah Blah
You know what’s been chafing my nerves lately? (If you thought “her inner thighs,” you’d be right but my lack of attention to pilates is none of your concern at the moment, thank you very much.) No, it’s the surplus of travel articles in which... »
Tourism Dollars and Sustainable Land Use vs. Loss of Culture at the Gocta Falls
This Slate story and the accompanying video are pretty interesting. They tell of a remote village in Peru whose people had been living in the shadow of a huge waterfall that no on else in the world knew about. Once it was “discovered” in... »
“The beans, the ground beef, it was torture!”
What a nightmare. The New York Times is reporting (via the AP) that there’s been a miner involved in a chili disaster. What type of chili disaster we can only imagine: too spicy? not enough onions? or, could it be… vegan??? Luckily, the miner survived... »
This Week’s New York Times: Homestay in Guatemala and a Low Opinion for Slum Tourism
Whenever we travel, we don’t feel like writing about travel – ironic, no? So, since we just got back from a nice road trip in Chile, we’ll leave you with the following two articles from this week’s New York Times: 1. An opinion column on the... »
Location, Location, Location! Eco-Retreat Center Needs Your Input
As you may know from our previous post about this super-exciting Life Pivot (new phrase – expect it to be all the rage on Twitter for a day), we are embarking on a quest to buy some land and develop our own humble eco-retreat... »
Sustainable Tourism Innovations Awards - Nominate or Apply Before August 2
As a relatively new field, ecotourism tends to attract entrepreneurs and innovators so you’ll have to be at the top of your game to win the International Ecotourism Society’s annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Award. Good luck! See details below. Media Contacts: The International Ecotourism... »
