For me, part and parcel with trying to become a better writer is reading. A lot. While I’d like to think that my writing it fairly good and hopefully deserving at some point of being published somewhere, I am under no misconceptions that I can hold a candle, or fountain […]
I owe Sherry a great debt. When I originally came up with the idea for the Ultimate Train Challenge it was merely going to be me going on my own. I was Skyping with her about the concept and she said, “you need to invite other travel bloggers and make […]
Take the pledge with me, please. “I hate top 10 lists. I will never do a top 10 list. I will never re-tweet, share on Facebook or otherwise positively review a top 10 list ever again. I will cast the appropriate amount of scorn and derision upon them, because I […]
Last night I had a brief Twitter conversation with a few friends as a result of one of them posting this article, Abalone diver taken by great white sharks in Australia. It leads to the question: What are the real risks of shark attacks while scuba diving? As most of […]
I really enjoyed my time traveling overland through Sudan. After some up and down times in Ethiopia, Sudan was a welcome relief (which surprised all of us that were traveling together). Because of Sudan’s oil reserves and corresponding Chinese investment, things actually worked there. Our overland truck took four days […]
Marcello Arrambide is a really interesting guy that I recently started reading and don’t know that well. What I do know is that he’s incredibly smart, well traveled, a good writer with a good eye, and his photos are excellent. In my book, that makes him a travel blogger that a lot more people should start following and reading.
The Ultimate Train Challenge was a concept that I developed in my head a few months ago, while traveling in South America. I have been a huge train fan, being an overland traveler for quite some time and was looking for a new sort of travel challenge after I got […]
I had no idea what bocce was, but have never needed an excuse to go to Napa, so I hoped on the plane. It was the best weekend I have ever spent out there, which is a tough list to be on top of.
Wes is one of my favorite travel bloggers out there on the road right now. No one seems to get into more unusual and entertaining situations than him. Go read his post on getting into a poker scam in Vietnam for example. His photography is also becoming truly spectacular — […]
I better move on to Kirsten’s work, which is somehow even more beautiful than her. While she makes a living as a wedding photographer, her photography talents are far from limited to that area. Go check out her various photo essays on Kirsten Alana’s Travels and you are sure to be impressed. And her writing doesn’t lag far behind her amazing skills with a camera.
Amar and GapYearEscape came a bit late to my attention. It was only within the last couple months that I started following him in Twitter and reading his stuff, and I have really enjoyed catching up. His website, Gap Year Escape, is a very comprehensive resource for those of us that want to backpack all around the world — well worth browsing around for hours.
