Travel is the ultimate eye opener. If your routine life is growing a little old, take a trip and learn how the rest of the world lives. After traveling to even just a few countries, you’ll see that there are some ways of life in your home country which seem perfectly natural to you but [...]

All I’ve read and heard about Istanbul tells me this Middle Eastern city spanning two continents is one of the most fascinating spots on earth. I haven’t yet touched this area spanning two continents, but the day is drawing nigh. Happily, I was sent this guest post, which gives me and you some important tips [...]

My absolute favorite summertime destination in the U.S. is Martha’s Vineyard. Just four short hours via car and ferry from my home in Connecticut, this quintessentially quaint New England island comes to life in the three short months of summer, when you can enjoy all the outdoorsy activities there is no way you can handle [...]

In Egypt, the land of awesome ancient wonders, by far my most tremendous experience has been climbing Mount Sinai. The thrill of this outweighed even walking amongst the jaw dropping pyramids of Giza in 2009. My first attempt to climb the mountain where it is believed that Moses received the Ten Commandments was aborted before [...]

9:30 in the morning on my last day in Egypt I walked down Dahab’s main street to climb aboard the van that would take me to the border with Israel, when on my right appeared a very sweet guy named Aziz. Nicknamed Zezo, I’d gotten to know this thin young Egyptian as I’d walked several [...]

I’m a major advocate of traveling as deeply as you can into unknown cultures. However, even I like to like to hang out in more toned down surroundings sometimes like at a luxury resort hotel or on a cruise ship. So far I’ve only taken one cruise, but it was swanky and I loved it. [...]

Living through a little history is something that doesn’t happen often, to me anyway. While in Egypt last month, though, I was able to ask many locals how they felt about the recent revolution, learning that they were unanimously unhappy with their former regime while now optimistic and hopeful about the future. I managed to [...]

I love connecting with other travel bloggers, usually on Twitter, sometimes on Facebook, and on too-rare occasions in person. The Tripbase My 7 Links project on which this post is based is a unique forum which gives me yet another way of connecting with bloggers. Here I’ll be sharing posts I’ve written in the seven [...]