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Two Backpackers Tasting Coffee Around the World

July 12, 2017 by Stingy Nomads4 Comments

Exploring coffee cultures around the world. Follow two caffeine junkie-backpackers searching for the world's best coffee! The quality of a cup of coffee is determined by a complex combination of factors, both environmental and method of preparation. Since altitude, soil quality and climate are influential factors,  the bean origin influences coffee quality. These were our favorite coffees around the world. South East Asia Coffee culture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other · Tagged: Africa, America, Animal Rescue, Asia, Beach, Brazil, Bus Travel, Central America, Civil War, Coffee, Colombia, Costa Rica, Culture, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Europe, Hiking, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy

MGM National Harbor—Local Flavors, International Appeal

February 2, 2017 by Tom BentleyLeave a Comment

  It may sound like a crock of balderdash to start out a review of a luxury resort with a statement about how happy the employees seem. Or that the property has transformed an area by emphasizing local hiring and local artists. But cross my heart, the service people weren’t smiling at Maryland’s MGM National Harbor resort because they were Westworld robots. And the place has such regional roots that the very clay from the property … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Animal Rescue, Art, Beer, Casino, Celebrity, Chocolate, Dessert, Drinking, Ethiopia, Food and Wine, France, Garden, Honeymoon, Maryland, Massage, Mexico, New York City, Oyster, Photography, Resort

Harar, Ethiopia

June 27, 2016 by Sam McManusLeave a Comment

Harar is undoubtedly Ethiopia’s brightest flower. If a jewel, she may be slightly chipped around the edges, though her centre continues to shine with undiminished brilliance. Of course, like most places on the continent – which Paul Theroux encapsulates as ‘a Dark Star’ – everything is a bit messed up. Located on the border of the far eastern Somali region, French-imported blue and white vintage Peugeot taxis cruise beneath Italian-built colonial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Arabic, China, Coffee, Cruising, Culture, Desert, England, Ethiopia, Europe, Flowers, India, Indonesia, Israel, Museum, Walking tour

“It’s Djiboutiful!”(And the Hottest New Destination)

December 1, 2015 by Richard Bangs2 Comments

When our rafts were bitten by crocodiles or hippos, complications ensued we hadn't imagined. We were in Ethiopia making a series of first descents down big rivers that fall off the Abyssinian Plateau: The Omo, Baro, Blue Nile, and the Awash. We called our little expedition Sobek, after the ancient Egyptian crocodile god, hoping the homage would ensure safe passage. But, another challenge reared its head, one unanticipated. When we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Airport, Animal Rescue, Arabic, Beach, Beer, Canyon, Caribbean, Culture, Desert, Drinking, Ethiopia, Europe, Fashion, Festival, Grand Canyon, Hiking, History, Hot springs, Japan

Something for Everyone: 4 Types of Tourists in Africa

August 26, 2015 by Eran Feinstein1 Comment

People travel to distant and exotic climes for a variety of reasons: a box on their bucket list, inner personal experience, cross-cultural understanding, or simple rest and relaxation. East Africa, and Tanzania in particular, gives its visitors everything they could wish in a single trip; then, leaves them coming back for more. Whether you’ve saved for months and planned your trip to Africa down to the last detail or just hopped on the next … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Africa Safari, Animal Rescue, Backpacking, Beach, Cruising, Culture, Ethiopia, Fishing, History, Kenya, Mountain Climbing, National Park, Romantic, Scuba Diving, Sports, Tanzania, Technology, Trekking, Village

Confessions of the First Travel Blogger

March 22, 2015 by Richard Bangs3 Comments

One of these claims to be “The Most Interesting Blogger in the World” I was surprised when I picked up a copy USAToday and saw an item that cited me as “The first travel blogger.” I doubt it, though I was early to the game, not long after Al Gore invented the Internet. In 1993 the term “blogger” didn’t exist, so what I was posting was a real-time serialized account of my travels. If that qualifies, then perhaps the first travel blogger was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other · Tagged: Adventure Travel, Africa, Antarctica, Argentina, Beach, Bicycle, Chile, Cruising, Ethiopia, Himalayas, Internet, Mountain Climbing, Music, New York City, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, River Rafting, Scuba Diving, Ski Trip, Sonoma

Puerto Rico: The Real Fountain of Youth?

June 5, 2014 by Richard Bangs2 Comments

When Christopher Columbus made landfall in Puerto Rico during his second trans-Atlantic voyage, in 1493, a young Spanish nobleman, Ponce de León, some scholars believe, was on board. Rumors of hefty quantities of gold brought Ponce de Leon back, in 1508, where he found an islet with an excellent harbor he named Puerto Rico, or Rich Port. This would become the name of the island, while the town was renamed San Juan. He didn’t find gold, but was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean · Tagged: Airline, Airport, America, Architecture, Art, Beach, Bicycle, Biosphere, Bridges, California, Caribbean, Caves, Coffee, Desert, Drinking, Ethiopia, Food and Wine, Golf, Harvest, Helicopter

Waltzing through the Kaffehaus Kultura Vienna

October 24, 2013 by John Edwards1 Comment

“The [Café] Central is a place for people who have to kill time, so as not to be killed by it. . . .” --Alfred Polgar “I AM SIGMUND SPIELBERG!!!” The obviously unemployable flaneur with umlaut eyes landed at my marble-topped table without a proper invite, brusquely pushing aside a Thonet wooden chair. Brandishing a copy of Der Spiegel on a wooden rolling pin in his left hand, and reeking from an unfortunate cologne resembling turning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Animal Rescue, Art, Beer, Chocolate, Coffee, Culture, Czech Republic, Drinking, England, Ethiopia, Euro, Europe, Expatriate, Fashion, Film, Germany, Golf, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg

An Interview with Bruce Northam

July 6, 2013 by John EdwardsLeave a Comment

John M. Edwards Liquors Up and Loosens the Tongue of Adventure Journalist Bruce Northam, the Guru of Globetrotter Dogma Award-winning travel journalist Bruce Northam has wandered freestyle in over 100 countries on seven continents, with experiences ranging from drifting with Burma’s sea gypsies, playing naked Frisbee with New Guinea natives, and beholding the beguiling shores of Antarctica. With three books under his equatorial belt and a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other · Tagged: America, Antarctica, Asia, Beer, Burma, Cambodia, China, Culture, Ethiopia, Food and Wine, France, Honduras, Interview, Ireland, Journey, Laos, Mardi Gras, Music, Naked, National Geographic

Death in Africa

May 12, 2013 by Richard Bangs2 Comments

While scouting for the first descent of the Baro River in Ethiopia, a tributary of the White Nile, I heard about a Peace Corps volunteer, Bill Olsen, 25, a recent graduate of Cornell, who decided to take a dip in the river at Gambella, a village near the South Sudan border. The locals warned to stay away from the river, which they claimed was busy with monsters. Bill ignored the cautions, and swam to a sandbar on the far side of the muddy river, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Africa Safari, Arizona, Beach, Britain, Bus Travel, Canyon, Caves, Christmas, Colorado, England, Ethiopia, Fashion, Food and Wine, Helicopter, Journey, Mississippi, Mountain Climbing, New Jersey, Palm Trees

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