This week’s guest is Spud Hilton, travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: No booze and no smiles, Cathay crew threatens Emanuel tries to change subject on O’Hare deal as mob questions mount – chicagotribune.com No-Hassle Flying Act signed by Obama Man Wears 70 Items Of Clothing To …
2012 was a busy travel year for me. I visited all seven continents, 18 countries and flew over 150,000 miles. I was exhausted for much of the year, but on the upside, I came away with some amazing photos. I made some great strides as a photographer in 2012. I improved my mastery of Lightroom …
As 2012 comes to a close, I thought I would give an overview of my last year of travel. Rather than giving a month-by-month summary of everything, the math major in me thought it would be interesting to look at the numbers I racked up this year. This was an especially intensive year of traveling …
6-year-old Claire asks: Why haven’t you gone to the North Pole? Then you could see Santa. Claire, you ask an excellent question. While the North Pole is high on the list of countries I want to visit, visiting the North Pole isn’t easy. In fact, it is probably the hardest country in the world to …
For the second year in a row, I’m posting the list of my most memorable hotels of the past year. As before, this list isn’t necessarily a list of the “best” hotels. I don’t go out of my way to find hotels to review and I’m not a hotel reviewer. I don’t have a checklist …
Last January I fulfilled a life long goal when I visited Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island with G Adventures on the M/S Expedition. The voyage was everything I hoped it would be and more. During that trip I managed to see and do things that few people ever get to. I stood …
This week’s guest is Pam Mandel of Passports With Purpose. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
UPDATE: I have posted an update listing which bag I purchased and how it has held up after 9 months of travel. Whether it is a suitcase, a backpack, a duffle-bag or a rollaway, the bag is probably the quintessential item for travel. No matter where you go or how you travel, you have stuff …
I promised my grandmother before I went to Alaska’s Kodiak Island that I wouldn’t go near the bears. Unlike most tourists to the area, the bears weren’t really my thing. There were so many other reasons I wanted to head to Kodiak, the impressive Kodiak bears just weren’t part of the equation I assured her. …
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