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Travel Gear

The 32 Liter Packing Challenge!

Packing is like Zen to me. It’s an activity that brings me great calm, as I work to perfect what I would consider to be an art form. But this time was different. This was the time I truly put my new “ultralight backpacking” mentality to test! You see, in December I drastically downsized from a […]

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Personal Stories Travel Stories

Celebrating Life and Travel Heroism

It was a crisp, clear morning. A cool breeze was blowing as the piercing blue of the sky was punctuated by fluffy white clouds. An elder man in red and saffron robes led us down a rocky riverbed to a spot where the river water circulated in an unusual counter-clockwise motion, a significant direction thought […]

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Friday Five

The Friday Five: February 4, 2011

Photo Credit: Maria Reyes-McDavis Welcome to this week’s installment of The Friday Five, featuring five of my favorite travel blog posts for you to check out! Think of it as a great way to introduce you to some awesome new bloggers who are having some truly incredible adventures! Here are my picks for this week: […]

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Friday Five

The Friday Five: January 28, 2011

Photo Credit: Maria Reyes-McDavis Welcome to this week’s installment of The Friday Five, featuring five of my favorite travel blog posts for you to check out! Think of it as a great way to introduce you to some awesome new bloggers who are having some truly incredible adventures! Here are my picks for this week: […]

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CouchSurfing NYC

Finding a Local Community in CouchSurfing

What if you could travel the world without leaving your home town? What if you could meet the same truly awesome people that you meet while you’re traveling, but they’re local? Would you do it? No, I’m not talking about exploring the ethnic neighborhoods you may have in your city (though those can also be […]

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CouchSurfing

Pay It Forward as a CouchSurfing Host

The following is a guest post by Katie Aune of Katie Going Global. You can read more about her at the end of the article. So you’re not traveling at the moment? But you still want to meet cool people from all over the world? And you want to give a little back to the […]

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Travel Gear Travel Tips

My New Backpack is 1/3 the Size of My Old One. Am I Crazy??

Traveling light is a mantra to live by. While I always heard this statement, I never quite took it to heart. That is, until I had to hike up a mountain with my full, 45 pound (20.4 kilogram) pack on just to find some accommodation for the night! But here’s the thing. Before I set off […]

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Health Travel Stories

Beware of the Sleeping Pill…

Jet lag can be a bitch. Let’s face it. If you’ve crossed the International Date Line, you’re  bound to have some trouble adjusting to the massive time difference. After all, when it’s noon here in NYC, it’s 1:00am in China (or midnight if the US is on Daylight Savings Time). Let’s flashback to August 2006. […]