World Heritage Site #108: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
From the World Heritage inscription: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a major North American refuge of temperate zone flora and fauna that survived the Pleistocene glaciations. The park includes the largest remnant of the diverse Arcto-Tertiary geoflora era left in the world, and provides an indication of the appearance of late Pleistocene flora. [...]
Commence Operation Street Food
If you haven’t been to Bangkok before, it is arguably the best city in the world for street food. WIthin in one block of where I’m staying is a mall worth of sidewalk vendors all selling different types of food. Starting tomorrow, I am only going to eat street food for an entire week. Every [...]
UNESCO World Heritage Site #107: Everglades National Park
From the World Heritage inscription: Everglades National Park is the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness reserve on the North American continent. Its juncture at the interface of temperate and sub-tropical America, fresh and brackish water, shallow bays and deeper coastal waters creates a complex of habitats supporting a high diversity of flora and fauna. It contains [...]
This Week In Travel – Episode 24
This week’s guest is Kim Mance from GoGalavanting.com and the 2010 Travel Blog Exchange Conference. I called in from Sydney, Australia at 2am. That is how dedicated I am to my craft. Subscribe in iTunes | Follow on Facebook
