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New Zealand Officially Issues The Coolest Passport Stamp, Ever

This is real twitter.com/michaeltritter… — michael-tritter (@michaeltritter) November 26, 2012 Ever kind of think that New Zealand is taking this whole Lord of the Rings thing too seriously? First came the Air New Zealand The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey-themed airline safety video, complete with a Peter Jackson cameo, and now [...]

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My Encounter With Keith, The Chocolate Shaman Of Guatemala

The mist smells of banana leaves and wood smoke, the scent of the Guatemalan highlands when it rains. Mothers carry firewood on their heads and get knocked around by a downpour that’s like bowls of dirty water being thrown from the sky. Village children in hand-woven clothes hide under a [...]

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Pack The Pants James Bond Would Wear If He Were A Backpacker

Everyday, people all over the world wake up and put on pants. With their britches donned, they dash off to class, their tractors, their grocery stores, the nearest mall or to their offices where they will spend their day in trousers sitting in cubicles, compulsively checking their Facebook status and [...]

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What 4 1/2 Hours Of Landings Would Like In 30 Seconds [Video]

Ever wonder what it would look like if every plane landing at a busy international airport during a span of 4 1/2 hours were to attempt to do so in a 30-second time period? Probably not, and that is why you received a “C” in philosophy in college. San Diego-based [...]

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Girls Gone Wild In Bali

For those of us from North America, spring break is known as the week when pasty Greeks and their college brethren from all over the country descend onto the warmer locales of Panama City, Cancun and Negril for a booze-fueled orgy of bucket beers, foam parties, regrettable tattoos and other [...]

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The Top 50 Travel Blogs (3rd Quarter: 2012)

Below is a list of the top 50 travel blogs for the 3rd quarter (July – September) of 2012 ranked by visitor traffic. There are a few other sites that have put together their own lists of the “top” travel blogs. However, each has their own subjective means of ranking [...]

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How Giving Nepalis The Gift Of Clean Cooking Helps Save Lives

The Himalayan Stove Project is one of those organizations that mediates a need most westerners don’t even know is an issue. Sure, we hear about world tragedies on the news: poverty, war and natural disasters. These are noteworthy, pressing problems in need of media attention and aid. But it’s rare [...]

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The Empire State Building Goes Vegas With New Light Show

Visitors to New York City this holiday season will get the first chance to see the new light show that is The Empire State Building. Once home to stodgy monochrome lights that changed every week or so to reflect the time of the year (or a Giants Super Bowl win), [...]

Your Donation May Fund The Next Big Thing In Travel Video

Your Donation May Fund The Next Big Thing In Travel Video

Gaston Blanchet and Kerrin Sheldon are the travel filmmakers behind the Kickstarter project Humanity.TV, a short-documentary series that intends to break away from the traditional travel host format and instead feature authentic stories of locals from all over the world telling their own stories in their own land. If successful, [...]

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Top 13 Free Things To Do In New York City This December

It’s that time of year again. Everyone knows New York City is an expensive town, especially around the holidays. To save some money, try some of these tips for free things to do this December during your stay. OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS 1) 9/11 Memorial The 9/11 Memorial, on the site of [...]