And for some final thoughts on travel as this Friday afternoon winds down, or a good weekend read if you’re just a little burnt out from the week right now, WorldHum republished Pico Iyer’s classic travel essay: “Why We Travel,” his epic travel essay that, after one read, will make [...]

It’s been a full week and TheExpeditioner.com’s been utterly and completely swine flu story free. You’re welcome. But in a related story, one I can relate to personally after having succumbed to a terrible head cold/flu/swine-like illness myself at the end of my stay in Ireland, here’s a story at [...]

On Safari in Tanzania means nights spent listening to lions and leopards growling as you go to bed, watching the annual 700-mile pilgrimage of 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra through the southern part of the country, and perhaps the rare occasion when you find yourself stuck in your vehicle during [...]

My guess would have been holographic movies à la Princess Leia or virtual reality movie watching at my window seat. But alas, the future is not so bright, but not so dim so as to be completely disappointed. As this article explores, there’s plenty of new technology in the pipeline [...]

In what’s been all the news in the New York media gossip circles lately, it was confirmed today that former NY Observer editor Peter Kaplan is to join Condé Nast Traveller as creative director. I can’t say that I ever read this magazine (save for my visits to the eye [...]

David and Brendan over at InDeepFilms are off in Iran taking a truly off-the-beaten-path trip where they’re making videos (12 so far), discovering the country’s culture, and giving the world a rare, somewhat uncensored look at this notoriously sheltered nation. The above vid is from Esfahan, Iran’s third largest city [...]

Tired of being limited to the few hostels listed in your guidebook? Frustrated by not being able to find a hostel online when you’re away from a computer? This new hostel booking application from Hostel Hero is probably the coolest and best “must-have” item I’ve seen in a while for [...]

Forbes put together this little article and slideshow highlighting the top 10 destinations for coffee lovers. And we’re not talking cute cafes and dainty espresso machines here, we’re talking about coffee lovers who are so enamored with the aromatic bean that they want to slap on some hiking boots, hop [...]

Discover what it’s like to cruise down the Nile on a Felucca, the traditional wooden sailing boat seen all over the longest river in the world. Not much different than how the Egyptians sailed this river for the past 5,000 years, these voyages allow you to take in the Philae [...]

Here’s a list over at havepack.com of the top 10 things you need to bring with you while traveling. A few are no-brainers (#3/4 – guidebooks, #5 – camera, #1 – backpack), but there’s one that I absolutely, completely need and remind myself to buy but still haven’t done so: [...]