Tweet I absolutely love dogs, but I never would have guessed how much I’d immediately take to dog sledding during my trip to Finland. I only got a chance to do it for a few hours, but as soon as I got off the sled, I turned to the folks running it and asked them [...]
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Instagram Favorites, Alex Ogle, a.k.a. @Alex_Ogle
Tweet I am thinking about possibly adding a new feature to this site — great Instagram photographers that I like and admire and examples of their work. As I’ve gotten more into Instagram over time (my main profile is here), I have found more and more that I like and admire and as part of [...]
Going amethyst mining in Finland, another unexpected afternoon
Tweet One of the things I enjoy about doing some of the sponsored trips I get to do these days is that there invariably are a few things on the schedule that they come up with that I’d never have done myself, if left to my own devices. I definitely fall into the “whatever you [...]
Vintage Travel Posters (Part Two)
Tweet I was a bit surprised at how popular my last post of vintage travel posters was, but since I am obviously a huge fan of some of the styles (ergo my entire site redesign), I thought I’d browse around the interwebs and see if I could come up with some more ones that I [...]
Ice swimming in Finland. Ice swimming??!!
Tweet It was right that on the agenda that the Visit Finland folks emailed me. I wasn’t sure they were serious or whether it was part of some sort of Finnish joke. Finnish sauna is for every occasion in Finland, for business as much as for leisure. The Finns believe that due to its social [...]
Why Rudolph might bring me back to Finland
Tweet Finland shocked and surprised me. As you may recall, my primary purpose for taking this winter trip to a final destination up around the Arctic Circle was to see and photograph the Northern Lights for the first time in my life. I spent ten days in Finland and the only clear sky I received [...]
My next trip and the Feel More Alive campaign
Tweet Time for another trip announcement and also a couple of confessions. In a couple of weeks, I am headed to Costa Rica on behalf of Exodus Travels to do a 14-day trip all around that Central American country. I am really excited to be working with Exodus, though the Navigate Media Group that I [...]
A one-day guide to photographing London
Tweet I not exactly sure how I stumbled across Jon and Tina Reed’s photography, but the moment I did I realized that it was a stroke of good fortune. If I remember correctly, the first place I saw their photography might have been via their Facebook Fan page, A Year of London. Their blog is [...]
I took off in December of 2008 to circle the planet with no reservations and without leaving the ground. Sixteen months later, I succeed. My permanent travels have just continued from there. Feel free to email me at: michaelshodson@yahoo.com
Michael Hodson
