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Thai Cultural & Martial Arts Performance | Photo Essay

May 16, 2012

A Thai teenage boy supporting several swords in his mouth performs coordinated martial arts manoeuvres that were simply phenomenal.

As a backpacker I live for spontaneous moments. I get more of an adrenaline rush walking around a corner and finding a group of ladies dancing on the street than I do paying for a staged event. When I was visiting Chiang Mai, Thailand back in 2011, I was treated to one of these magical [...]

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Granada Quirky Travel Story

May 12, 2012

This is a guest post by Molly Sears-Piccavey of Piccavey Just because you can speak the local language doesn´t mean that the local people are going to understand you. Local culture isn´t taught in Language schools! I´m fluent in Spanish but that doesn’t mean weird stuff doesn´t happen to me. I moved from Barcelona to [...]

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People Watching along Navy Pier | Chicago, Illinois | Photo Essay

May 8, 2012

A little girl holding a Pepsi appears mesmerized by something while a bicycle zooms past her.

If one is ever visiting Chicago pondering the best place to ‘people watch’ they need not think of anywhere other than Navy Pier on a gorgeous summer afternoon. The 1010 meter long pier was built in 1916 and is today the number one tourist attraction in all of Chicago. Situated along the shoreline of Lake [...]

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10 Things to Do in The UK In The Summer

May 7, 2012

Performers posing outside the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A visit to the United Kingdom is exciting any time of year; however, things really come alive in the summer. Whether one decides to spend time in the major urban centres such as London or Manchester or venture off to the countryside, there are a plethora of options to consider. As things heat up temperature [...]

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The Socially Awkward Travel Blogger’s Guide to Networking with Travel Bloggers

April 26, 2012

Will Peach delivers the Socially awkward travel bloggers guide.

Will Peach is the man-boy behind the green travel site DontFlyGo.com and editor of gap year travel community Gap Daemon. He’s very socially awkward. Having worked with travel bloggers on both sides of the fence now (as editor at travel community Gap Daemon and author of my own blogs), I have to say that chatting [...]

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Drug Bras

April 17, 2012

It’s a terrifying experience to be on a bus in a foreign country where certain events cause you to suspect there may be drugs aboard. I met a Canadian couple in the Sahara desert some years ago who had landed themselves in an Ecuadorian prison, blamed for drug possession of marijuana that wasn’t theirs. I’ve [...]

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Initial thoughts on Indonesia | HDR Photo Essay

April 13, 2012

Rachel’s look of horror said it all. The taxi driver barely noticed the girl as she stood outside of our window with her head pressed against the glass, slowly putting her hand to her mouth in an eating gesture. She couldn’t have been more than 8. Her torn clothing and gaunt face suggested she’d experienced [...]

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Hong Kong Island & Kowloon Photo Essay

April 13, 2012

The imposing Bruce Lee statue looms large over the Avenue of Stars walkway in Hong Kong, China.

I never get tired of visiting Hong Kong. All of my epic backpacking journeys across Asia have started and finished in a city I’d one day love to base myself. My most recent journey was back in 2011 when I finished my nearly one year tour of Asia. Hardly uneventful, I ended up breaking my [...]

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The ‘desire’ to travel trumps the ‘plan’ to save for it

April 7, 2012

Nomadic Samuel taking photos of Machu Picchu, Peru.

Korea has been many things to me over the years. It’s the first ‘real’ destination I’ve visited abroad: (I don’t consider my trips to the US as a child and teenager as international travel although it technically is). It’s been the country where I’ve ‘Partied like it’s 1999′: the classic song from Prince. It’s also [...]

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Have a Titanic Time in Belfast

April 4, 2012

This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the “unsinkable ship”: the Titanic. Across the United Kingdom, a number of cities are launching their own commemorations of the disaster: from Liverpool where the ship was registered, to Southampton where the ship set sail. But for a truly Titanic experience, without the sinking [...]

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Road Trip on a budget – From Las Vegas to Los Angeles

March 30, 2012

Sure, you can drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in about 4 hours if you take the freeway, but where’s the fun in that? By diving off into the back roads, you can turn a boring desert drive into a fabulous adventure through the great American desert southwest that lasts for days and is [...]

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Street Life in Latin America | Photo Essay

March 22, 2012

Street Life in Latin America Cover Photo

The following is a photo essay from Dutch travel photographer Sjoerd Booij showcasing street scenes from both Colombia and Brasil. He’s a talented photographer who offers us a glimpse into the dynamic street life found all over Latin America. All photos are copyrighted by Sjoerd Booij: A travel photo of some Schoolgirls in their uniforms in Bogota, [...]