Why traveling with kids is better
Photo: Siim Teller A lot of people seem to think that you can’t travel with your kids. Believe me, they are missing out. It’s not...
Snowboarders kill nipple deep pow
Do you feel it? You know, the unmistakable feeling in the air that massive powder days are near? Winter’s arrived and the snow is...
The mass murder of African elephants
Take a look at the elephant in the photo below. His name is Igor (as named at birth by Cynthia Moss of Amboseli Elephant...
8 things the Greenlandic hate
Photo: Nick Russill 1. Losing our jobs to the Danish
Since 1814, when Danish people colonized in Nuuk, they have been moving up here. The Danish...
Things Pacific NW peeps hear a lot
Photo: Kevin O’Mara 1. “For living so close to the mountains, you guys sure can’t handle the snow.”
No shit, Sherlock — we’re too busy hiding...
Why travel Muslim countries?
Photo: jbdodane No part of the world within the last ten years has been scrutinized as much or stereotyped as heavily as the Muslim world....
8 memories of growing up in Philly
Photo: T_Rose 1. Hoagies and Huggies for lunch
For a kid growing up in the Northeast, a perfectly great lunch was an Italian hoagie with Utz...
Becoming culturally Australian
Photo: Scott Sandars 1. You can’t recall exactly when you started, but now you call it ‘Stralia. 2. You accept that “yeah, nah” is an appropriate...
14 signs you’re culturally Cambodian
Photo: ND Strupler 1. You sniff your loved ones.
Cambodian culture has different rules for physical touch. It’s not appropriate to kiss your family members or...
E.M Forster and travel’s dirty side
Photo: Victoria BEFORE THERE WAS Eat, Pray, Love, Under the Tuscan Sun, A Year in Provence, Enchanted April – and any number of travel narratives...
What your drink order really means
(via) Forget your haircut, the clothes you’re wearing, and your body language; believe it or not, your bartender can tell everything about you by what...
Story behind the shot: Petra, Jordan
Photo by author. After a long day of getting repeatedly lost, we arrived at Petra’s largest monument, The Monastery. It was already getting dark and...
5 lies about moving to the Bronx
Photo: Jason Eppink 1. I’m not tough enough for the Bronx.
Al Pacino once said “I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.” The Bronx...
What Aussies can learn from Kiwis
1. Be yourself, humbly
Plain and simple, nobody likes arrogance, Australia. You may be way bigger than New Zealand, but that doesn’t make you better...
In Jordan, bring a bible.
Photo: Hubert Stoffels IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in traveling to the Middle East but aren’t sure where to begin, kick-start your trip through the holy...
18 classic Eurail experiences
Photo: Felix Montino 1. Losing all sense of privacy and personal space
You never would have guessed just how comfortably you can fit ten people in...