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Bargains Down Under At Sydney’s Coolest Markets

  Let’s face it, Australia is hardly a budget travel destination and even cheap flights to Sydney* are likely to be a bit of a stretch, but once you’ve scraped together the cash for flights and accommodation, Sydney’s eclectic market scene makes it easy for your trip “Down Under” to [...]

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In Search Of The Real Lost World: Scaling Mount Roraima

My trek the top of Mount Roraima was an accidental adventure. Serendipitous? Yes. Rewarding? No doubt about it. However, there were times when I would have given anything to be anywhere other than on that mongrel of a mountain in Venezuela. A table-top mountain or mesa — synonymous with this [...]

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The Worst Airplane Food (And What You Can Do About It)

If you’ve ever found yourself on a flight longer than eight hours, you have undoubtedly experienced the travesty of the modern airplane meal. While shorter flights do the courtesy of refraining from dinner service, or providing the tasty, yet utterly unhealthy “Snack Pack” (Pringles and M&Ms for supper anyone?), longer [...]

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Time Lapse Video Of Traveling Through The Panama Canal [Video]

Time Lapse Video Of Traveling Through The Panama Canal [Video]

On one recent trip through the Panama Canal, an intrepid cruisegoer (an oxymoron, right?) perched out on top of his ship for the 10-hour trip through the 51 miles it takes to travel from one ocean to the other. If you’re wondering why it takes so long, keep in mind [...]

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Where To Ski This Winter (Now That It Has Arrived)

Now that La Nina has finally reared her head onto America’s northern Rocky Mountains, I’ve been rejuvenated to wax my skis in anticipation of escaping all those mind-numbing groomer runs and finding some powder. Really, La Nina? WTF? With a recent system blanketing western Montana — we’re talking like one [...]

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Top 5 Countries For Teaching English Abroad (That Aren’t in Asia)

Andrea Moran is the Director for Teach Abroad at GoOverseas.com, a community-driven website of like-minded people who are all passionate about teaching, studying and volunteering abroad. She can be followed on Twitter @Go_TeachAbroad. When it comes to teaching jobs abroad, South Korea and Taiwan are the headliners. Jobs are easy [...]

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How Many People Visit The North Pole Every Year?

So you’re one of those adventure, off-the-beaten-path travelers that revels in the fact that you don’t bother with those touristy destinations around the world; that you knew about Laos, Colombia and Jordan long before everyone else did; and that there’s no place in the world you wouldn’t at least consider [...]

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Check Out Our Favorite Site For Discount Lift Tickets

Despite the fact that here in the U.S. we’ve been experiencing what some are calling a “Winterless Wonderland” due to the record-setting lack of snow in parts of the country, we are still entering the high season for winter sports. And for those of you within driving distance of slopes where you don’t [...]

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The Costa Concordia Was Actually Bigger Than The Titanic

With the recent sinking of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, many people couldn’t help but draw parallels between this disaster and the Titanic, which coincidentally enough suffered a similar fate exactly 100 years ago. And just in case you think the Concordia comparisons to the Titanic are [...]

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My Unplanned Romantic Adventure At A Surf Camp In The Dominican Republic

I can’t swim. Actually let me clarify: I am a shitty swimmer. I can perform a sort of freestyle that resembles a dying fish. And I do consider myself a doggie paddling connoisseur. Nonetheless, for my next vacation I decided to go to a surf camp in the Dominican Republic. [...]

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