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Why Is CNN Obsessed With Cruise Ship Toilets?

Luke Armstrong — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:06:54 +0000

Go ahead, ask me how I feel about cruise ships. I feel fine about them. Feel free, ask me to elaborate. See, they really are not my thing, but whatever, if people like taking a cruise, I say go for it. To each their own. Ask me what I really [...]

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Luke In Kenya Part 5: Elephants, Elephants, Elephants: Kenya!

Luke Armstrong — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:15:08 +0000

The big elephant in the room is that there is no elephant at all. I’ve been in East Africa for two months and in none of my writings have I so much as broached the subject. Matt Stabile claims he’s not mad about this lapse, just disappointed. He has good [...]

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Luke In Kenya Part 4: A Promise Stretching Through Time In Kenya

Luke Armstrong — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:21:04 +0000

Luke in Kenya: Part 4 “Luke in Kenya” is a travel series from Managing Editor Luke Armstrong as he travels to Kenya to visit the homeland of his adopted brother. We wake up early on the first day of construction to a brief breakfast of fry bread and coffee just [...]

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Luke In Kenya Part 3: The Happiest Man in Mombasa

Luke Armstrong — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:48:46 +0000

Luke in Kenya: Part 3 “Luke in Kenya” is a travel series from Managing Editor Luke Armstrong as he travels to Kenya to visit the homeland of his adopted brother. He’s always going, but never arrives. They call him “The Traveler.” He’s a familiar face along the sunny streets of [...]

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Luke In Kenya Part 2: Nairobi’s Kibera Slum [Photo Essay]

Luke Armstrong — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:27:57 +0000

Luke in Kenya: Part 2 “Luke in Kenya” is a travel series from Managing Editor Luke Armstrong as he travels to Kenya to visit the homeland of his adopted brother. Nairobi’s Kibera slum is Africa’s second largest. Most families subsist on less than $1 a day. Though present (and often [...]

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Luke In Kenya Part 1: Flying Into A New Year/World

Matt Stabile — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:50:24 +0000

Luke in Kenya: Part 1 “Luke in Kenya” is a travel series from Managing Editor Luke Armstrong as he travels to Kenya to visit the homeland of his adopted brother. Two days before my departure, my adopted Kenyan brother wrote (succinctly I may add), “Hey Luke, I just realized that you [...]

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

Luke Armstrong — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:14:10 +0000

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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How Has Hurricane Sandy Affected Travel In New York City?

Luke Armstrong — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:35:03 +0000

When I was typing the first sentence of this post, the New York City Marathon was on. I was going to raise the question as to whether or not our readers thought that decision was a good call considering the controversy that was erupting over the mayor’s decision to proceed [...]

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How To Help Invest In The Future Of Guatemala

Luke Armstrong — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:20:14 +0000

In the current presidential election there is a lot of talk about safety nets. Without being political, I’ll say that the most in the developed world have them, and they tend to be pretty effective overall. In the third world, these nets often don’t exist, or are filled with human-sized [...]

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Change The World By Doing Things You Love

Luke Armstrong — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:37:41 +0000

On The Expeditioner and plenty of other travel sites, there is an ongoing debate among travelers. It’s more of an agreement than a debate. Plane-loads of travelers not only want to see far-off lands, they want to put their time, talent and treasure towards a good cause along they way. [...]

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