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... »
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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 nastiness of slum tourism. We’ve written about this before but... »
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 center. Our plans have changed just a bit from what... »
The Mindful Tourist Celebrates the Fourth of July
Happy Independence Day, suckahs! Here is our planned schedule for how to celebrate the fourth in a fun yet socially conscious way: Location: Beach in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. 7am – Get woken up by douchebags who decide a good time to practice setting off the night’s fireworks is before anyone has had their morning fair trade espresso. 7:15am... »
Slightly Off-Topic But Please Help Us Understand
We’re truly baffled. Maybe it’s because just today we finished Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful (leetle bit preachy, Babs) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and are all hyped to go to the farmer’s market, bake some bread, and sit on turkey eggs. Here’s the conundrum: Slow Food USA is holding slow food cooking demonstrations in three American cities. So... »
Graham Land and His Green Peeves in El Pod of Cast
Did anything in that title make sense to you? Keep reading and all will be revealed. Graham Land (possibly most awesome name ever) is an environmental writer who we knew back in the days of his straight edge youth, which incidentally served us well when we were locked out of our house one day in... »
Someecards: A Decent Way to Pass an Hour
Last year we were introduced to someecards (thanks, Shannon!), a snarky alternative to cheesy, typical e-cards, and since then, we’ve had a good time picking out deliberately ambiguous (is she being serious? is she mad or just being funny?) cards to our loved ones. Here are some goodies related to the upcoming summer travel season: Fun, right? Just wait until... »
Iceland Volcano to Travelers and Mozzarella: Kiss My Ash
Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH’-plah-yer-kuh-duhl or “Lady Jaja” as we like to call her) just gave the finger to hundreds of thousands of travelers in Europe and around the world. Jaja erupted earlier this week sending dangerous ash into the air; winds have scattered the air across many countries, disrupting air travel across the continent... »
What Up, Buddhists?
This is interesting. Akon, no, not a city in Ohio, but a singer that some of those young whippersnappers seem to enjoy, was slated to have a concert in Sri Lanka, but, alas, no more. Apparently, much of the 70% Buddhist population was offended at one of Akon’s recent videos featuring a Buddhist statue behind... »
Gandhi vs. Heidi Montag’s New Manager
Here at Mindful Tourist, we’re big fans of Gandhi. He was one rad dude. And, we’re also fans of the hot mess trainwreck that is Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, if only because we like to laugh at people, and those two provide many, many opportunities. So, we thought what better way to bring these... »
Take This Vacation and Stuff It!
When our friend Robert first wrote about this travel agency earlier this week, we had to ask him if this was a joke - c’mon, a travel agency where you send your stuffed animal and they take them around Prague, photographing it at major tourist points, and even giving it a massage???? He assured... »
