If your dream is to travel freely, then starting a remote business is the way to go. As the owner of your business you will have more control over your time and won’t have to file for extended leaves which can limit your traveling experience. Plus, entrepreneur and digital nomad Tasha Prados’ story shows that, […]
Witchcraft in Busoga (Uganda)
By Jorim Alosa Editor’s Note: This story told by a Kenyan student attending school and learning about witchcraft in Uganda made me laugh and gave me insight about how complex belief can be. I hope you enjoy it. CMS IGANGA Of an old railway line and locomotive Corrugated iron sheet buildings now gutted and empty […]
Vanlife, Bikes, Verbier
By Sophie McKeand Photos: Andy Garside & Sophie McKeand Verbier is a renown ski resort for the rich and famous in the Swiss Alps but, visit there out of season and you can still experience intense downhill thrills, on a mountain bike. Visit there in your campervan and stealth park and you can do biking […]
How to Be a Travel Writer (a good one)
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Living Local: On Home Exchanges and Friendships
By Stephanie Schroeder I arranged my first home exchange in 2006. The deal was that my partner at the time and I would give up our Jersey City, NJ, apartment for a couple who had a house in Alkmaar, North Holland in The Netherlands. It was all very new to me, this home exchange adventure, […]
What Did I Sign Up For? (Raotang Boxing Club, Thailand)
By Bill Watts My eyes flickered open and I began to wonder, what time is it? Immediately, I remembered it didn’t matter. It’s Sunday. Today is a day for rest. Necessary, too–we had a hell of a night last night. I need more sleep. I rolled over and tightened my eyes, forcing my body to […]
Camaraderie On Wheels: Traveling with the Tucson Roller Derby
By Irene Jagla Not many Tucsonans willingly go to Phoenix, especially during the summer. The running joke is that Phoenix is nothing more than a giant parking lot in the desert. So when I found myself standing in a Phoenix parking lot on a sweltering July afternoon, enveloped in waves of heat emanating from the […]
In Love with Cassis
By Marcia De Sanctis One of the great pleasures of writing a book about France is having the opportunity to give talks about some of my most beloved places. My audience is often a sea of erudite women assembled over petits-fours or roast lamb lunches. At the conclusion, the question always comes, inevitable as the […]
Feel-good fractals: from ocean waves to Jackson Pollock’s art
By Florence Williams When Richard Taylor was 10 years old in the early 1970s in England, he chanced upon a catalogue of Jackson Pollock paintings. He was mesmerised, or perhaps a better word is Pollockised. Franz Mesmer, the crackpot 18th-century physician, posited the existence of animal magnetism between inanimate and animate objects. Pollock’s abstractions also […]
A Guide to Vancouver Island, Canada’s Surf Capital (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: Gregg LaMarsh took a February trip to Vancouver Island, Canada. The idea of a Canadian winter didn’t stop him from exploring Canada’s surf capital. What follows is the first part of a quirky two-part series on his trip, with tips, suggestions, and reports based on his recent ramblings around Vancouver Island’s West Coast. […]
The Passenger: Writing an Album on a Train
By Cheryl B. Engelhardt As a music composer and New Age recording artist, I have discovered that the cross section of creating music and its intention is the core of my mission as a composer: to provide experience through my own experience of composing. Which is why I made an album on a cross-country […]
Cultural Detours for Post-COVID Travels
Where to find the real Spaniards – and other cultural detours you can actually fit in as alternatives to Europe’s tourist-infested cities (someday we will travel again!) By SarahBelle Selig Busy planning your post-pandemic European trip? If you’re anything like me, you’re looking for a place with a lot less people than you’d find in […]
HipCamp: Airbnb for Outdoor Lovers
By Maddie Cowell With summer approaching, everyone is going to start booking their weekend getaways and trying to find campsites or unique places to stay. This can become a hassle if you’re like us and hate staying in crowded campsites where you can’t surround yourself with nature or have peace and quiet in the mornings. […]
Stuck in? Try Outschool
By Adria Carey Perez *This article contains affiliate link(s). Any affiliate link means that I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any extra cost to you. It helps to keep this magazine afloat and allows us to compensate our writers. Thank you for your support.* Underwater archaeology, coding, […]
On Scotland and Change
By Allison Rapp I spent close to five months living in Glasgow, Scotland, and close to five months traveling throughout the UK. With nothing but a few university classes to tie me down, I was almost entirely free to move about the country on my own. At the tail end of summer I was still […]
Can Food Nourish Your Soul? (UK)
Once upon a time, a congregation’s nuns would bake the communion wafers. They would mix equal parts white flour and pure water until a crepe-like batter formed; then they added yeast and salt. They would ladle the mixture onto a glorified waffle maker, rigged with flat griddle plates occasionally adorned with biblical symbols. They stacked […]
Omurice: The Original Comfort Food (Japan)
By Tom Godfrey My wife and I sneak down a side street in Osaka. It is quiet here–a contrast from the main drag that huddles around Tonbori River. The road is full of cafes, the occasional cyclist, and a handful of traditional buildings with wooden accents that seem to belong to another time. One of […]
Zanzibar’s Spice Dreams
By Julie Kunen The scent of warm spices wafted from the pilau steaming in its clay pot over a charcoal brazier in this restaurant in Zanzibar. Cumin, a memory of Persia. Black pepper and cinnamon, brought in dhows on the trade winds across the Indian Ocean. Rice itself, from the Ganges River delta of South […]