A Quest for Wonder: Easter Island (Video)
From Iguaçu I travel west over the Andes and beyond, over one of the emptiest stretches of water on the planet, en route to Easter Island, a fine dot on the map of the Pacific. If Iguaçu is full presence, Eastern Island is absence. Fretted by incessant winds, it is surrounded by a million square [...]
How One Traveler Stumbled Into A Two-Year Plan
You know that moment immediately after you stub your toe, but before eminent pain ensues when you think to yourself: “crap, this is going to really hurt in just a few seconds” With less than two months to go before Vicky and I set out on what is arguably our most important decision to date, [...]
Why SHOULD you TRAVEL?
By Lee Abbamonte Travel opens your eyes and your mind to a whole new world. Travel enables you to see the world through other peoples eyes and from other points of view. Travel increases your awareness of other cultures and people. Travel makes you smarter. Travel is the best education you can receive. Travel enables [...]
Couples Travel Together: How do we do it?
Our year journey in South East Asia started July 2, 2012. When we were gone for eleven months in 2008, one of the common questions was, “How can you spend so much time together?” We were recently interviewed about Traveling as a Couple by Travelinksites: Today we have the fine pair behind the super blog [...]
French Polynesia
August 2008 Here is the news from French Polynesia!! We went hiking in Moorea All about the trees–we saw many groves of MAPE trees The Mape tree was brought to Polynesia from South East Asia. It has a smooth trunk and can get rid of MOLD! The trees were used as drums and made into [...]
