This week’s traveler is Chris Guillebeau. There are very few people I know of who have been to more countries than me, but Chis is one of them. He has created as his mission to visit all 192 member states of the UN by the age of 35. So far, he’s been to about 150. …
I asked my friend and fellow travel photographer Peter Carey to assemble a collection of his photos from his travels. He collected a sample of photos which show the way that major cities on our planet have grown and developed. In addition to his personal blog, Peter is a regular contributor to the popular Digital …
I’m leaving American Samoa today and will be in Tonga tomorrow. I have several hours to kill while I wait for my flight to Apia, so I might as well get my thoughts down now before I leave. I didn’t know what to expect before I came to American Samoa. This is a place that …
I’m feeling much better now. Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes in the comments and on Twitter. The worst of it was over in a few hours, but I spent over a day just sleeping with my entire body sore and tired. I’m back at 100% now, and oddly enough, as one …
It is time once again to open up the virtual mailbag and answer the questions which you have been dying to know…. Marianne Schwab asks: What are your top five tips for taking GREAT photos? Get a little technical please. :-) I am a self taught photographer. I’ve never taken a course or read a …
One problem with traveling for so long is that you lose track of what day it is. There is really no distinction between weekdays and weekends for me anymore. Everything just runs into each other. Normally that isn’t a big deal, but it has really screwed me up this weekend. For starters, i had no …
I get asked all the time what sort of gear I use when I travel. The questions range from the type of bags I use to my camera equipment. Even though all of my things can be stored in just two bags when I travel, if you include all of the little items like memory …
To date, all my travel by train (save for 48 hour hell trip from Dallas to LA) has been pretty uneventful. Getting from The Hague to London, however, was sort of a nightmare. It started on Thursday when I was planning on leaving Amsterdam and going to London with a stop in The Hague to …
No matter how long I travel or how many places I visit, there are certain questions that I will never be able to answer. One of them is what you need to know to travel as a women. I’ve talked to many female travelers over the last several years and without question they have to …