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So many titles come out in the travel genre each year, it’s difficult to keep up with them all. Here are five interesting options that you may have missed. On the Road in ’68, by Tom Leech Essentially a published travel journal accented with historical event lists from both then and now, On the Road [...]
This instruction manual for travel yoga by Darrin Zeer, covers poses you can perform casually in the airport as well as tips for every portion of the trip, including layovers, at the luggage carousel, standing in line for the security check, on the plane, etc. Some of top tips from the book?
Written by Emily Laurence Baker, this activity deck is designed with families in mind.
Discovering what we love, pursuing what we love and creating an opportunity to do what we feel is our life’s work is a gift. For many these discoveries take time and evolve through opportunities, hobbies, travel and every day life experiences. Sometimes it’s a chance meeting, a conversation with a friend or a significant [...]
Susan Van Allen’s Italian travel book 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go is part travel guide, part “inside peek”.
Carolyn Theriault’s move to Morocco thrust her into a situation many expats are familiar with: extreme cultural adjustment during a time of total career transition. Those of us who have been through this understand the punchy sense of humor that arises from the “might as well laugh as cry” phase so typical of international moves. [...]
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com One of the things that struck me about this book was the author’s sincere interest in providing her readers with the necessary tools to start carving out their “travel transformation” experiences.
Photo Credit: CCCPublishing.Com Written by a gentleman by the name of Brad Olsen, this book is definitely written from the younger person’s perspective.
Photo Credit: WanderlustAndLipstick.Com Beth Whitman does an excellent job covering all of the potential details women and other first time travelers must consider before hitting the road. Packing, safety, selecting a particular type of trip, online resources and more.
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com “Married to a Bedouin” by Marguerite van Geldermalsen is the fascinating story of the author’slife among the native Bedouin of Petra, Jordan.
Photo Credit: Penguin Group A collection of journalistic travel adventure tales from Tony Horwitz’s journeys through Arabia.
Photo Credit: Traveler’s Tales This book is basically a collection of brief, humorous travel essays from various writers, edited into one finished work.
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com Notes From a Big Country, by Bill Bryson. This was the book that introduced me to the work of Bill Bryson, via a referral from another traveling friend of mine.
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com Scotch and Holy Water, by John D. Tumpane is an up-close and personal look at integration into Turkish culture.
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com Author Rolf Potts has definately put his money where his mouth his with this real life exercise in checking out of the mainstream to trek around the world.
Photo Credit: Amazon.Com A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle. As someone who has repeatedly selected countries to live in for a year or more, I enjoyed this book’s peek into the progression of cultural assimilation that occurs when you travel long term in a particular region, or in this case, move there permanently.
Photo Credit: Random House Tales of a Female Nomad, by Rita Golden Gelman is a wonderful travel book for women, with too many life lessons to count.
This view was photographed from a castle wall near Bolzano, Italy. There are many castles in the area, as well as wineries, farm stays, ecological experiences and cultural performances. The area is also a popular destination for ski holidays in the winter.
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This Andean woman takes a break from selling her wares to socialize with tourists in Peru's Sacred Valley.
The ancient Nabatean city of Petra, Jordan provides a peek into ancient civilization and also into the local Bedouin culture, which values the social experience of drinking tea highly.
This stand of palm trees against a blue sky is located in Florida's Longboat Key, one of the islands of Sarasota. It's a popular getaway with tourists and Florida residents alike, when one wants a taste of forgotten Florida.
Exploring the world-famous archeological site of Machu Picchu takes some time. In order to make the most of your visit, it's best to arrive at Aguas Calientes an afternoon ahead of schedule and head up the mountain first thing the next morning.
This command module is part of the Saturn V rocket display at the Kennedy Space Center, which is a must-see exhibit if you only have one day at the KSC. The entire venue is right down the road from the Astronaut Hall of Fame, another fun family attraction on Florida's space coast.
This abandoned mosque in Israel lies along the shores of Lake Tiberius, otherwise known as the sea of Galilea. The view of the ancient stones and overgrown plants struck me as sort of an Indiana Jones image with a bit of Middle Eastern flair.
This resort cottage photograph was taken at the thermal hot springs resort of Papallacta, located in the mountains of Ecuador. The mist rising off of the thermal pools brings a bit of a mystical quality to the image.
