Climbing the Shawangunks in Upstate NY
New York: Chance St. John writes about climbing in New York State’s Shawangunk Mountains.
New York: Chance St. John writes about climbing in New York State’s Shawangunk Mountains.
The author describes many of the attractions of Thessaloniki, Greece featuring the top sites, restaurant suggestions, and best cafes for people watching.
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala: The author discusses how the Mayans in the nine communities around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala have adapted to tourism in the are.
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Where? Protruding from the Saudi Arabian peninsula like a thumb, the emirate of Qatar is small — 4,416 square miles (11,437 sq. km) — and nearly totally surrounded by the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf. The country is flat with some rocky outcrops up to 130 feet (40 m) high, with…
Wendy Hemmerle goes on an adventurous expedition in the French Alps. The trip is filled with beautiful scenery, amazing food and of course, skiing!
Libya is one of the hard countries to visit, back in 2001 Jono David took a tour around the nation.
Umbria: New World Threads in an Old World Cloak By Cris Carl I found myself falling easily into the gracious language of Italy that calls for a sense of largesse and thankfulness in a world of ancient art and architecture, modern gourmet food, sweeping vistas, and some of the world’s best wines. The Umbria region,…
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Where Stretched along the southern coast of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, Oman covers an area of 120,000 square miles (309,500 sq km), with a coastline of 1,000 miles (1,700 km) reaching from the Arabian Gulf past the Gulf of Oman to the Strait of Hormuz. Oman has 5,106,626 inhabitants, of which 550,000…
Montana’s Wildest Winter Resorts By Sonja Stark Moonlight Basin, Big Sky, Bridger Bowl and Red Lodge, in that order I braved the elements and skied my way through Montana’s wildest winter resorts, restaurants and races. My video camera did the lion’s share of the work capturing the charm and big-hearted spirit of some of the…
Tarragona is an ancient Spanish town on the shores of the Mediterranean, about 56 miles from Barcelona on Spain’s Costa Daurada with ancient Roman ruins.
Croatia is a fast becoming a hot European destination. Kent E. St. John takes us around to enjoy the world’s biggest truffle, and beautiful Istria.
By Jim Sajo Turin sits anonymously in Italy’s northwest corner, bypassed by the armies of tourists who have captured Venice, Florence and Rome. With the arrival of the Winter Olympics in February 2006, that all changed. WHY GO THERE? The intense passion of international sports competition played out amid the heart-stopping beauty of the Italian…