The Photo Vulture: 5 Steps to Avoid Becoming a Bird of Prey
The Photo Vulture: Guest Post by Crystal Street We've all seen the vulture. It lurks in the shadows, poised to pounce once the cliche is in motion. The beg... Read More...
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The Spanish Inquisition in the Americas
The roof The Spanish Inquisition in the Americas The Spanish had just won back large sections of Southern Spain still held by Muslim Moors and were high on t... Read More...
Chan Chan and the Huaca de la Luna
Chan Chan and Huaca de la Luna Most people visit Peru to see Machu Pichu, and rightfully so, Machu Picchu is one of the most impressive sites in the entire w... Read More...
Canyoning: Rafting without a Raft
Canyoning, Like Rafting Without a Raft. Ecuador Our group gingerly scampers through the narrow canyon. We slide ourselves across slick rocks on our backs... Read More...
AmaZOOnicos
AmaZOOnicos The Jungle breaths. As you are standing under its thick green canopy, wandering along the beds of its narrow canyon creeks, or floating down its ... Read More...
Mining Cerro Rico
One of the people traveling with me looked at me as we came out of the mine and said “this is all put on for tourists isn’t it?” And it is easy to see how he co... Read More...
3 Things that Now Annoy me About Home
3 Things that now annoy me about home It may be that case that I have been on the road to long, and that the world used to live in works at a different pace ... Read More...
Chicago: A Week’s Guide to Attractions
Chicago: A Week's Guide to Attractions I set foot in Chicago knowing very little about this historical city. To be honest, I wondered at the start of my tr... Read More...
Chicago: A Photo Essay
Chicago: A Photo Essay I have spent nearly the entirety of the past year in South America. I had become accustomed to great architecture, insightful museums... Read More...
Chicago and my Love for Subway Music
Chicago and my love for subway music As I submerged myself down through the gates of Chicago O’Hare International airport and into the awaiting subway Ch... Read More...
My Experience with Reverse Culture Shock
Reverse Culture Shock The idea of culture shock is talked about all the time. The idea is that we have become so set in on you ways of life in our particula... Read More...
Rafting the Amazon Basin
“Wow, look at that,” one of my co-paddlers punctuated as she pointed upwards at a tall bridal veil waterfall that found escape from the high flats and spiralled... Read More...
Why I Travel: A Life Travel Story by Brendan van Son
Why I Travel: A Life Travel Story by Brendan van Son As I sat down to wright this article I began reminiscing about the person that I was before each of my t... Read More...
Traveling Green in ‘Brown’ Countries
Traveling Green in 'Brown' Countries Garbage on the Honduran country-side I remember arriving in San Salvador, El Salvador about five years ago. Our bus pu... Read More...