The climate in Madrid is moderate during the summer month. Temperatures range from 21 C ( 70 F) to 31 C (88 F). It is rarely humid, but can get exceptionally hot on occasion. Rain is rare during the summer months, happening usually only twice per month, and those are normally only a passing thunderstorm. All of this combines to make the climate in Madrid favorable to outdoor celebrations of all kinds. When using vacation apartments in Madrid, … [Read more...]
LACOT Travel Meetup, Xbar Century City
Live in the Los Angeles area? Going to be in town next week? Are you a travel blogger or a writer? Working in the travel and tourism industry? Stop by our monthly meetup of the Los Angeles Consortium of Online Travel Writers - Tuesday, June 12 at the Xbar in the Hyatt Century Plaza, 6:30 – 9:00PM. This is a great opportunity to network with other area travel bloggers - some who make the trek up from Orange County during the dreaded rush … [Read more...]
LACOT Meetup – JW Marriott, LA LIVE
Got into LAX on Friday afternoon and it was so cold as I stood outside waiting for the Flyaway bus I could see my breath. The fog persistently hung next to this part of the coast most of the day while the inland was much much warmer. Classic California micro climates for you! Love the Flyaway buses - they get you right to Union Station downtown where you can connect directly with the metro or metrolink. So easy. Jumped on the red line and like … [Read more...]
Travel Writer’s Toys and Technology
The benefit of being a travel writer is that you can mix pleasure and work. If you love traveling and writing and moving - then your work is not really "work". In today's travel writing world - there are many technological trappings to ensure that one can maintain a certain type of nomadic lifestyle. Merely fifteen years ago nearly all of these items and services did not even exist! When shopping for items, I look for the following … [Read more...]
Don George: Editor & Travel Author
Don George is a prolific travel writer and editor. We recently had a chance to ask him about his latest travel book, thoughts on his long career and the popular annual Book Passage Travel Writers conference which he helped start. Q. Tell us a little about the new Lonely Planet book, "Lights, Camera...Travel!" that you co-edited with actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy. "Lights, Camera...Travel!" is a collection of 33 stories by … [Read more...]
National Geographic Announces Student Photo Contest
Opportunity to Win National Geographic Student Trip to London WASHINGTON (March 5, 2012) - National Geographic announces the kickoff of the first National Geographic Student Photo Contest to win a trip on a National Geographic Student Expedition this summer. This contest invites high school students to submit a photo and a short statement describing the photo and how it captures the essence of what exploration means to them. The grand prize … [Read more...]
Escaping the Monotony! Solo traveling in Vietnam
Being an aggressively passionate traveler, I have a very low tolerance for mechanical life that comes along with the working environment. This leads to frustration with a need to elope, to explore a new destination. I decided to take a few days off and chose to fly to Hanoi. I was both, backpacking solo and traveling to Vietnam for the first time. With great excitement I landed in Hanoi. Hanoi is full of life and to me it came across … [Read more...]
The Travel Book
The Travel Book by Lonely Planet This is the ultimate International compact coffee table book. 231 countries are covered in an A-Z format, in just under 900 pages. Each country is devoted 4 pages regardless of its size or influence. Photography is a key component of this book with over 1100 images presented. Hundreds of staff contributed their time to make this one of a kind book possible. Each country is quickly spotlighted listing the best … [Read more...]
Canadian Rockies Trip
An adventure to the Canadian Rockies will not disappoint. Renowned as one of the most beautiful places in the world, the landscape is dotted with astounding lakes and rigid mountain faces. Before planning your trip to this magical land take a look at the below tips and hotspots. Banff is often the starting point for a backpacking, hotel hopping, or camping trip. There is a ton of stuff to do here: nightlife, amazing restaurants, hikes, … [Read more...]
India for Individuals
The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of hundred nations and a hundred tongues... ~~~ Mark Twain Pink, the navy blue of India, is everywhere in Varanasi, Copyright Stephen Bassman When I was a twenty-two, I was both naive and … [Read more...]
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