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While my personal wardrobe may lack variety in the color department, I always appreciate the use of bright hues everywhere else. On a recent trip to Nicaragua, I couldn’t stop smiling at the tropical colors on buildings, in clothing, on pottery and in fruit juices.
The vividly painted adobe walls of the colonial city of Granada are arranged in brave combinations of red and green, orange … Read more »
Last year, when my travel plans were thwarted by ludicrously high ticket prices, I let my dreams of exploring Bali fall to the wayside in favor of cheaper options. This year, however, I was prepared. I began scouting tickets as early as December of last year, and I’m happy to say my trip is booked for hundreds of … Read more »
First, a caveat, you are about to read a review of book about “Lady Adventurers,” How to Climb Mt. Blanc in a Skirt
I just saw the movie “127 Hours”, which is less about travel than standing still — it’s about outdoorsman Aron Ralston’s 5-day stint in a Utah canyon, trapped by a rock which fell and pinned his arm against the wall. Yep, he’s the guy that had to cut his own hand off with a pocket knife. I’d read his memoir, called “Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” several years ago, and mostly remember alternately … Read more »
“But if the one definable feature of travel is that it has been a constant in human history, an irresistible lure to ambition or imagination, it has never achieved a reliable standing in literature. There has, in fact, always attached to it a hint of the deceptive or the deluding. ‘There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life’: the warning is as old as Homer, if its opposite — ‘Many shall run to … Read more »
We usually talk about the air ticket deals we post each month as “RTW trips,” because that’s the most common shorthand for long-term travel. At the same time, we call them “multi-stop tickets” in the title of each post – because that’s really all they are.
Some round-the-world tickets you can buy do require you to move in a continuous direction around the globe with no back-tracking, making them more traditionally RTW trips. … Read more »
UPDATE: WorkShifting is holding a $10,000 contest for digital nomads. Details at Freedom Let Go contest.
The Internet and web apps have freed a generation of people to work from anywhere they choose. This is a relatively new movement, so it’s hard to find reliable information about telecommuting. Beyond technology, what about the other challenges? Some examples are loneliness, negotiating remote agreements with employers/clients, etc.
Enter WorkShifting. It’s a blog dedicated to helping … Read more »
I often find myself staring at Travel Channel programming, even when the show isn’t very compelling to me. Sure, I’ll tune in for Tony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” any time, but sometimes I’ll hang in for the clip shows of best beaches, just to get a look at turquoise water.
It doesn’t have to be the Travel Channel for me to get a glimpse of a place … Read more »
Those vagabonders funding their travels by working abroad in Korea, or those simply traveling through the country, will be happy to hear of Air Asia’s new service to Korea. Korea has rested infuriatingly outside of the budget travel loop for quite some time. However, in November of last year, Air Asia began offering flights from Seoul … Read more »
Kyle Barraclough
Age: 40
Hometown: La Crescenta, CA
Quote: “The best part of long-term travel is the development of personal relationships.”