Practical travel information for practical travelers
Summer is a time of vacation road trips, and when the nice folks at Reader’s Digest asked me to Off the Beaten Path last summer, it was a big hit with me. I’m reviving that review in preparation for the 2010 summer’s travels, because I think it makes a great planner for a road trip. [...]
On my list of “travel experiences before I die,” a safari figures prominently. It’s always seemed like one of those once-in-a-lifetime vacations. Lately I’ve been committed to getting through a lot of experiences on my “bucket list” and the safari keeps moving up the list. That’s part of the reason why I was so excited [...]
The more you travel, the more you appreciate how much we have in common with the rest of the world. While superficially our differences might seem great, when you look beneath the surface, what most people want is to enjoy the love of family and friends, and to feel that their presence in this life [...]
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time is a great adventure travel book, sure to delight the hearty adventurer as well as the arm chair traveler. The title of the book comes from a Baltistan proverb: The first time you share tea with a [...]
I sometimes forget that not everyone has the love affair with travel that I do. My new blogging pal, Josh Hanagarne, is one of those people. He really wants to start traveling, though, and so here’s a guest post from Josh telling us about where he’s going to find his travel inspiration. — I’m not [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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