2008 June

Photo of the Moment: Slot Canyon Sunbeam, Arizona

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Inspired by Travel: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone and Staying There

Amanda Kendle explores why stepping outside of one’s comfort zone is essential to every traveler’s personal growth and experience.

Photo of the Moment: Playa Pups, Black Rock Desert

Photo of the Moment: Sunrise Over Yellowknife, Canada

At 50 below zero © Northern Xander This one’s for Louise …

The Rise of Medical Tourism: Shopping the World for Medical Procedure Bargains

Exploring the rise of medical tourism - a growing cottage industry that caters to travelers shopping the world’s hospitals for medical procedures at bargain basement prices.

Photo of the Moment: Vintage Scooters, Germany

10 Data Security Tips for the Worry-Free Traveler

Brian Lapidus, president of Kroll Fraud Solutions, offers his 10 invaluable data security tips for any traveler.

Photo of the Moment: Kabul Kids, Afghanistan

Signspotting: We’ll Do Your Mom, Ottawa

3 Ways Sport Brings Travelers and Locals Together

Amanda Kendle reveals how sports can help travelers socialize with and get to know the locals just about anywhere in the world.

Signspotting: Stonethrowing Competition in Aid of Christmas Lights, Ireland

Signspotting: Not In, Shanghai

Photo of the Moment: Ready for Takeoff, Longreach

Practical Trip Planning (Part 4): Pre-Trip Travel Tips

Chris Cook reveals a few miscellaneous pre-trip travel tips to help everything run more smoothly, save you money and share your adventures with everyone back home.

Photo of the Moment: Crossing the Recurrent Flock, Unknown Location

21 Accents: Actress Fakes Her Way to Semi-Web Stardom

A twenty-one year old aspiring actress has taken a seemingly mundane knack for faking accents to instant stardom on the Net. Amy Walker’s 21 Accents video which shows her intoning a simple introduction in (wait for it) twenty-one accents including French, Irish, Italian and many more from North American has quickly gone viral. Judging from the […]

Photographer Chronicles 20 Years of His Life, Until the Day He Dies

Had he lived, Jamie Livingston would have beamed a picture perfect smile seeing how his collection of more than 6000 Polaroid photos – one taken for each day of his life, beginning in March 1979 – has turned into an international sensation. The discovery of the website containing the collection of Polaroids shot and collected over […]

Photo of the Moment: In Transit, New York

Travelcasting: Lighten Your Backpack, Load Up Your iPod

Drew Leifheit delves into the world of “travelcasting” - the new tech way of listening to your travel destinations.

Photo of the Moment: Live Music All the Way, Indonesia

The Telectroscope: Window Between London and New York City

It’s a window to the world. More specifically, it’s a window between London and New York City, and it’s called the Telectroscope. It claims to be a tunnel, buried through the earth, connecting the two cities. If you stand on one side in Brooklyn, you can see out the other end, in London City Hall. It isn’t […]

New LED Glasses Promise to Banish Jet Lag

A new gadget promises to make jet lag a thing of the past. The Re-Time Jet Lag Glasses look like any other pair of glasses, but are fitted with LED lights that help reduce the effects of an altered body clock. Developed by a sleep researcher, Re-Time uses no ultra violet radiation, and relies on […]

Striking PSA Video for Burma Calls for Action

A new 90-second PSA made by a creative production company called Shilo, in collaboration with Ogilvy and Mather, MTV and others recently debuted. It aims to drive support to the oppressed people of Burma who have been suffering in the aftermath of devastating cyclone Nargis. The opening shot of the hauntingly beautiful clip features a […]

A Practical Guide to Vagabonding and Long Term Travel (Part 1): Taking the Leap

Ever dream of quitting your job, selling off everything you own, and traveling the world in a financially sustainable manner for as long as you wish? You can. Nora Dunn, our resident professional vagabond, explains how.