Archive for May, 2008

Round-the-world travel resources

Last week, I provided you with a page of information on life sabbaticals. Today I have sort of a companion piece to that, with an overview of round-the-world travel. An excerpt: Sure, you can spend a few months traveling around Europe. Or Australia and New Zealand. Or Southeast Asia, which is more of a bargain [...]

May 7, 2008 RTW travel 0 Comments

Destinations for independent travel

It’s always fun to see what various publications think of interesting or emerging travel destinations. So, although BootsnAll actually published this a while back, I was still intrigued to come across their picks for the top 10 independent travel destinations for 2008. They selected a few excellent locales that are still not quite overrun with [...]

May 5, 2008 'Best of' lists 0 Comments

Riel World photo – Petra, Jordan

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Petra, Jordan A view of the Treasury in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. This stunning piece of work was carved directly into the rock of this mountainside about 2,000 years ago by the Nabataean people. The city of Petra is also one of the 28 life list travel destinations recommended recently by Smithsonian Magazine.

May 2, 2008 Photos - Travel Sites 0 Comments

Shopping for rugs in Syria and Turkey

Andrew Lee Butters is a correspondent for Time magazine and he just wrote a fun little piece about the process of shopping for oriental rugs in the bazaars of the Middle East. In it, he provides tips for maintaining your sanity through the interminable and inevitable bargaining sessions with local merchants. My collection began with a small [...]

May 1, 2008 why we travel 0 Comments
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