I know what you’re thinking: I already told you I was straight, so what the hell would I know about the gay scene in Stockholm? Well, would you believe I just spent a few days in the country with a handful of LGBT travelers? We saw the Northern Lights, slept in the world’s first ice [...]
As you can read about in my article on Travel and Escape, Sedona is best known for its beautiful red-rock landscape and its reputation as a place of concentrated energy. It is a hot bed for psychics and new-age thinkers, as well as tourists looking to find (or lose) themselves in one of the area’s four [...]
I had no idea that a World Cup of Paragliding even existed, let alone the fact that it was held in Macedonia (Krushevo) this year. I suppose I sort of misunderstood the sport to begin with – it’s really not about falling or screaming or an extreme rush of energy (the exception being aerial acrobatics competitions). It’s [...]
I mentioned last post that I timed my visit to Los Cabos perfectly, coinciding with a rare rainfall that brought the desert to life. I found my way to the small town of Santiago, about an hour northeast of Cabo San Lucas, searching for a hike/oasis called Canyon of the Fox. To reach the trailhead [...]
Last week I descended upon Montreal without a clue in the world (like a good little American traveler, my Canadian friends would joke), experiencing it all for the first time and blowing with the wind based on loose recommendations from colleagues, friends, and fellow travelers. Montreal jumped out at me in many ways, the first [...]
I was reminded of something very important on a recent adventure outside the small town of Santiago in Baja California: It’s not always the scenery itself, it’s how and when you see it. That’s obviously a twist on a quote about music, but I think it rings true all the same. The desert area surrounding [...]
I’m in Colorado currently, getting ready to embark on a trip down to the Sand Dunes this weekend (look for it in next week’s post). In the meantime, I’ve been held up at coffee shops, writing and doing all the less glamorous parts of travel writing – mainly writing about 3,000 emails (more or less) [...]
My thoughts on lobby-purchased excursions are split between my traveler and vacation mindsets. The former thinks that I better do my homework, that they should offer something that I couldn’t pull off on my own for less money and more authenticity (the best example of this is snorkeling). The latter says to hell with it [...]
Last week, California’s Death Valley was officially recognized as the hottest place on earth. Weird thing about that: The recognition was not the result of any new data. Yeah, there wasn’t a celebration or anything. Scientists apparently determined that the former record for hottest reading on earth – 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit somewhere in remote Libya [...]
Despite what common sense might tell you, biking and beers do mix, and it’s one hell of a good time. Oskar Blues Brewery, located about an hour north of Denver in both Longmont and Lyons, is famous for being the first brewery in the United States to put craft beer in a can. This November, [...]
