Alex Boylan must "beg, borrow and deal" for every bit of his six-month, around-the-world journey. Read More
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Mike Richard has traveled the world extensively since 2008. He's kayaked in Antarctica, tracked African wild dogs in South Africa, and survived a near-miss great white shark attack in Mexico. He loves the great outdoors, good bourbon, and he (usually) calls Tulsa home. He also enjoys speaking in the third person.
Part 1 of our multi-part series on better travel writing: 23 great writing tips to bring out your inner muse. Read More
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – TS Eliot... Read More
Taken on a diving expedition in Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico, the cameraman gets charged full speed by a fifteen foot... Read More
I simply love Sigur Rós. Their music is at once captivating, haunting, and achingly beautiful. It’s no surprise then that... Read More
Chris Pearson over at Pearsonified just released a snazzy new WordPress theme, available free for download via his website. The... Read More
YouTube user Anthony Powell (a.k.a. “Antzarctica“) has captured over 1,000,000 photos of Antarctica while living at McMurdo Station and Scott... Read More
Sometimes I get the feeling that Google’s slow takeover of the world is truly blindsiding us. It’s like the frog... Read More
Your digital camera can be a lot more useful than you might think, especially while traveling. Read More
From Ben Saunders, who is “the youngest person to ski solo to the geographic North Pole and holds the record... Read More
An interesting dichotomy. I love the hard, angular vanishing points in both of these. Photos © puja... Read More
Pickpocketing and petty theft constitutes the bulk of crimes against travelers. Tips from the pros on how to avoid getting ripped off. Read More
Rum maker Bacardi is financing a trip for twelve backpackers to trek from Spain to Russia via the Murmansk Route. Read More
Tech company, Philips, seems to have a never-ending well of ingenious high tech gadgetry up their sleeve. How’s that for... Read More
In an effort to save money and cut down on the crushing weight of daily information overload, I canceled all... Read More
Last year, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration confiscated more than 13 million items from travelers either too uninformed or not... Read More
With Gracenote.com’s Music Map you can zoom in on countries around the world to find out what folks are listening... Read More
We finally cracked the 2000 mark for comment spam. Another life-long goal checked off! In other news, October was another... Read More
Upgrade: Travel Better points us to the Citizen’s Insertable Swiftness Manifest: My favorite: “Do not be alarmed by: Cattle Prod... Read More