I’ve spent a fair few nights on sleeper buses around the world at this point, and honestly? The experience is wildly different depending on where you are. I’ve taken overnight buses in Turkey, Western Europe, Thailand, Vietnam, all over South America, Mexico, and even the UK, and each region has its own quirks, comfort rating, and chaos level. Some buses are genuinely brilliant, like in Vietnam, where they have lie-flat seats that could rival a hostel bed. Others… well, let’s just say I’ve spent more than one night wide awake, […]

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Jerome Rand is a sailor from Northern Michigan. In 2017, he solo-circumnavigated the globe nonstop aboard Mighty Sparrow, spending 271 days alone at sea. Today, he writes and speaks about his adventures, including his book Sailing Into Oblivion, hosts the podcast of the same name, offers sailing coaching and motivational talks, and shares stories that inspire resilience, curiosity, and pushing beyond comfort zones. Visit his website. Q. Let’s start with your childhood in Northern Michigan. Growing up around lakes and forests in Northern Michigan, what made you fall in love with […]

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Brent Huff is an award-winning actor, writer, and director best known for his recurring roles in Shameless, The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, and Black Scorpion. His early career took off in the 1980s when he starred in the French cult classic The Perils of Gwendoline. Over the years, Brent has been recognized with several honors, including awards from the Stony Brook Film Festival, the International Family Film Festival, and the Studio City Film Festival. Q. I am a big fan of The Rookie. So, I want […]

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There really is no other city quite like Cusco. Located up within the remote Peruvian Andes, this bustling city is well-known for its cultural markets, stunning colonial architecture as well as an abundance of ancient Inca ruins. However Cusco is also the gateway to many unforgettable landscapes and hiking circuits, and if planning on visiting then it’s worth tackling at least one of these incredible routes. In this guide we’ll explore the different hiking circuits worth exploring around Cusco, and how to choose the right one for you. This includes […]

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Hostels conjure a lot of negative images—from shit horror movies, to loud snoring, to lack of privacy. I’ve experienced the downsides of them. But when you stay at a good one… man is it good. The Best Hostel I’ve Ever Stayed At Without further ado… The Secret Garden Cotopaxi in Ecuador. Let me start with the value of the place. My 3-day, 2-night package included: Transport from Quito (Cotopaxi is a couple of hours away). You’re in a van filled with travelers, starting to make friends immediately – Two nights […]

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Brazil is seeing a growing number of international visitors. From January to September 2024, the country experienced a 12% increase in foreign tourists compared to the same period in 2023. September set a new record for the month since the historical series began in 1989, with 445,389 travelers arriving—a 26.4% jump from September 2023. In total, 4,897,671 international tourists visited Brazil during the first nine months of 2024. This encouraging data was released on Monday (14), by the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with Embratur and the Federal Police. Marcelo […]

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Picture a world where vibrant macaws flaunt their sapphire feathers just beyond your window, where rough and tough cowboys navigate waist-deep waters teeming with caimans on horseback, and where the landscape surrenders to the ebb and flow of seasonal floods, submerging vast expanses for half the year. Welcome to the Pantanal, the beating heart of South America, nestled within the borders of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil’s Amazon basin. Spanning over 42 million acres, the Pantanal emerges as the planet’s largest wetland, overshadowing the likes of England in sheer magnitude. Yet, […]

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Road Scholar Contest Winners Will Find “Golden Ticket” in 2025 Catalog Boston, Mass. (January 5, 2024) — Road Scholar, the nonprofit world leader in educational travel for older adults, is having an early kick-off of their 50th anniversary celebration with a contest called the “Great Global Giveaway.” Seven lucky winners will win one of seven educational adventures to seven continents, complete with airfare for two people. These seven trips, like all the programs Road Scholar offers, will have an emphasis on learning about the destination the winners are visiting through […]

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Paul Salopek is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer from the US, raised in central Mexico. He has reported globally for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, National Geographic Magazine and many other publications. His Out of Eden Walk is a multiyear, 21,000-mile storytelling odyssey across the globe, following the footsteps of our ancestors. He began his journey in Ethiopia in 2013 and will walk 33,800 kilometers (21,000 miles) to the southern tip of South America. Along the way, he is walking with guides, stopping to speak with […]

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SANTIAGO, Chile (March, 2023) – Can penguins fly? How many people can answer that question with confidence? There’s scientific confirmation that, in fact, penguins do not fly – but Antarctica21 does fly to Antarctica. Antarctica21, the adventure travel specialist that pioneered fly-and-sail expeditions to the White Continent, turns 20 in 2023. To celebrate its birthday and promote knowledge and understanding of Antarctica and Antarctic penguins, it is searching far and wide for penguin lovers around the globe. From January 24 to March 17, 2023, they can apply to be Antarctica21’s […]

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Heli-Skiing: An Incredible Way to Experience the Andres Mountains “Never Summer” is a motto for some of us winter sports enthusiasts, and if you’re like one of us, heading to South America in the summer is the perfect way to scratch your “winter sport” itch. Ski Trip in Chile I planned a ski trip to Chile in August 2022, which was incredible. The highlight of the trip was, of course, heli-skiing. Although we tried to heli-ski at Ski Portillo (a resort northwest of Santiago), it just didn’t work out. And […]

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One of the world’s great waterfalls which receives little international acclaim is located deep in the rain forest of Guyana in South America. The easiest way to access these falls is via a small prop plane that ferries passengers from Ogle Airport (about a 20 or 30 minute drive outside of the center of Georgetown). The flight is about an hour – weather permitting, pilots will circle by these great falls from several angles before landing on the short and slightly rutted paved runway next to the visitor center at […]

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You started your blog in 2015. What or who inspired you to become a travel blogger? You’re right – my blog was launched in 2015, when I began my first solo international journey around Europe. The blog was meant to be a platform for me to catalogue my travels and share travel tips, itineraries and budget hacks. I wanted it to be a useful resource for others looking to visit the same destinations as I’d visited. Some travel bloggers that inspired me were IAmAileen, World Of Wanderlust and The Blonde […]

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It was a grey chilly Saturday morning in February 2016. Most people would have been sleeping in or still tucked under a warm blanket with a hot chocolate by their side. Rob and Ruby, on the other hand, woke up earlier than usual and made their way to the main square in Birmingham. They had a mission that brought a surge of adrenaline rush in them. While waiting nervously for the crowd to congregate, bystanders were curious what they were up to in this freezing weather. They looked back at […]

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Hurtigruten Expeditions Launches Epic Pole-to-Pole Expedition Cruises — Hurtigruten Group – Jun 01, 2021 16:00 UTC Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world leader in exploration travel, has unveiled an epic 93-day Pole to pole expedition cruise – exploring Alaska, the Northwest Passage, Greenland, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, South America, and Antarctica in one monumental voyage. August 8, 2022, marks the start of the epic 93-day adventure on board battery-hybrid powered MS Roald Amundsen. This is the first of two new pole-to-pole itineraries, with MS Fram setting sail for an epic 66-day […]

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