Luang Prabang, Laos: A Slice of Heaven?
Luang Prabang Laos: Paige Stringer visits and finds a town at peace with itself, a compassionate community that exemplifies the principles of Buddhism.
Luang Prabang Laos: Paige Stringer visits and finds a town at peace with itself, a compassionate community that exemplifies the principles of Buddhism.
By Alice Driver “Hello, best friend. I love you too,” children yelled from the road as we drove by in a corroded fuchsia minibus. It was stripped entirely within – a metal box on wheels. The road was more potholes than pavement, and the bus swerved from side to side as Juanes La Camiseta Negra…
Making a Difference with Volunteers for Peace By Jessica Courtney Imagine practicing yoga in India, educating communities about AIDS in Kenya, or working with orphans in Peru. Volunteers For Peace (VFP) makes it happen. VFP is a non-profit organization located in Belmont, Vermont. Their mission is to promote international voluntary service as an effective means…
Max Hartshorne visits the Rainforest Music Festival, where musicians from around the world play in Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo.
Jacqui Menard visits The Floating Villages of Chong Khneas in Cambodia and her heart goes out to a little girl in a tiny tin boat.
Jacqueline Church reports on the food, the shopping and the sightseeing in Boston’s vibrant Chinatown district.
Publishers are beginning to capitalize on the popularity of travel guides by and for women – photo by Kelly Westhoff New Guidebooks Target Women Travelers By Kelly Westhoff The travel industry is just waking up to the economic power of women, says Marybeth Bond, writer, editor, speaker and women’s travel guru extraordinaire. She knows of…
By David Rich Hands down and without equivocation, Guatemala is the gem of Central America, offering more to the traveler than any of its half dozen neighbors, even if the equatorial heat had melted them into a tropical glob. World class sites stretch from the most fabulous Mayan ruin at Tikal in the north to…
Explore new titles written by women, including Eat, Pray, Love and Roads Less Traveled. Join us on a captivating literary journey!
By Stephen Brookes Don’t get me wrong – I like a good ruin as much as the next guy. Give me a big pile of crumbling stone and I’ll clamber happily on it for hours. Throw in a little history and some atmospheric surroundings and I’m in heaven – whether it’s the Parthenon, the pagodas…
Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Skinny on Women Traveling Solo By Beth Whitman Wanderlust and Lipstick is an interesting travel guide for women traveling solo. The author writes an informative guideline from women’s hygiene to staying safe to packing to maintaining good health. In Chapter 9: Staying Healthy on the Road, she gives you information on…
A couple did it, and here’s how much it cost them By Kelly Westhoff Soon after we got married, my husband and I quit our jobs and hit the road. We traveled through eight countries in six months – Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar. We dubbed our trip, “Kelly & Quang’s…