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There’s a popular misconception that Africa is unsafe. But the safest countries in Africa pose no more risk for travelers than beloved cities such as New...
Hey readers, My husband, my mom and I just booked our tickets to go to South Africa this summer, in June. It was my mom’s idea...
There are few places you can travel in the United States where the indigenous culture is quite so prevalent as it is in Southeast Alaska. Pretty...
515 Shares [Updated 1/14/2020] The other day, during a conversation about the places we’ve traveled to and would never re-visit, we were flabbergasted when a friend...
Famous for its silk and precise tailoring, shopping in Vietnam can provide you with so much more than just those souvenir cone hats. In Hoi An,...
Mary and I are not historically huge brand loyalists when it comes to travel, but we are both inherently thrifty by nature. Even when our general...
Located in Southeast Asia near Malaysia and Indonesia, the 7,641 Philippines islands are jaw-droppingly gorgeous, with idyllic ocean views, dynamic karst landscapes, and immense biodiversity. This...
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Ruled by successive wealthy royal Hindu and Muslim families, Jaipur has a well-earned reputation for being a seat of luxury artisan fashion and craft, from woven...
Hi readers, It’s been an exciting couple of weeks! First, I appeared in the New York Times to give my expert opinion on sustainable gift-giving. The...
190 Shares Lebkuchen, which is very similar to soft gingerbread, is a traditional holiday treat that has been around for centuries. It was originally invented by monks...
615 Shares [Updated 12/3/2019] When visiting a major metropolis like Cancun, it’s easy to forget that the area known as the Yucatan Peninsula was once the heart...
This is an update of an old post. I can tell you that it did its job, and now I get a few stocking stuffers and...
903 Shares By the beginning of 2014, science had found the Higgs boson (a.k.a. “the God particle), put a rover on Mars, and created a robotic...
Christmas has been celebrated as a Christian holiday dating back to A.D. 336. But it has also become an international phenomenon whose widespread popularity supersedes both its...
As the sustainability movement continues to gain mainstream steam, more and more people are looking for simple ways to live greener. The problem is that most...
[Updated November 19, 2019] Everyone knows that we’re passionate about ecotourism and nature conservation. But unless you’re a long-time reader, you might not know that our family...
As frequent travelers who aren’t into long-distance trekking, a good travel daypack is arguably the most important piece of travel gear we take on our trips. ...
Although many of our blogging friends enjoy traveling to Christmas destinations around the world, we personally prefer a classic Christmas at home with our families. We...
258 Shares I’ve dreamed of visiting a place like Doune Castle, Scotland ever since I was a boy. It started when I was 13, after I...