Chances are your visit to Halong bay will likely involve an armada of small boats jammed with backpackers and local tourists navigating the waterways between the limestone outcrops that make up Vietnam’s most recognizable landmark. But if you’re interested in seeing some other just as interesting but less crowded sites, [...]

A big congratulations are in order for Marie “Lisa” Jose, our winner of the ScotteVest Mini-Saga Contest, whose 50-word epic mini-saga has earned her a ScotteVest, a mention on this site and eternal glory. You can read more of Marie’s writing on her site here, and for your reading pleasure, her [...]

< Looking to come home from a trip and tell a great story to wow your friends with a tale of some criminal separating your property from you? Well, you’re reading the right words. This step-by-step guide is your one stop for knowledge about what to do to make the [...]

To help accommodate the one million-plus visitors who visit Machu Picchu every year (up 30% in 2011 alone), the government of Peru has announced the construction of a new USD$460 million international airport near Cusco.

Attention all travel bloggers, I am in the process of putting together a list that I will publish of the top 100 travel blogs ranked by the number of unique visitors per month, and I invite you to submit your site to me for ranking. Another Travel Blog List? What [...]

11-year-old Joe Thompson, the son of a British businessman working in the remote UAE village of Al-Ain, recently came down with an acute fear of flying, and as a result, is stuck in the country with no way to get home to the U.K. other than to embark on a [...]

The old rule of thumb is that it takes one day for every time zone that you pass over to fully adjust and get over jet lag. This is not very reassuring if, say, you’re heading to Asia from New York for two weeks, which would mean that just as [...]

Note: Author and TheExpeditioner.com  managing editor Luke Armstrong recently “sold out” and launched a personal blog, Travel. Write. Sing.  Last Sunday the New York Times ran an article that asked a question in the headline, “Can travel make the child?” The author explored whether philanthropic travel can be positive and formative for [...]

National Geographic announced the winner of its 2012 photo contest, with the winning image going to Cedric Houin’s above shot of a family’s hut in Kyrgyzstan, a richly colorful and intimate picture that actually says quite more than what one initially observes. As one of the judges, National Geographic contributing photographer [...]

Day two of our mini-adventure was not off to a good start. Megan’s hiking boots were soaked and covered in the pasty red sludge that had become the Kalalau Trail. My declarations to “look at the view” were met with, “just stop talking to me for 30 minutes and I [...]