Quietly, and with little fanfare here on the blog, I’ve reinvented the adventure column I started writing for SmarterTravel and USA Today way back in 2004. As of this month, The American Adventurer will focus on deals and discounts rather than destination-focused travelogues. (Those I’ll save for my freelance work.) Here’s a snippet from the first installment in this periodic new [...]
Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Don’t call it a comeback
Posted in Travel, tagged machu picchu, the american adventurer on August 19, 2008 | No Comments »
How I spent my summer vacation
Posted in Coven Hill, Parenthood, Travel, tagged summer vacation, berkshires, mohawk trail state park, mohawk trail on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Sunday we packed up the car and headed west to the Berkshires for a good old-fashioned Griswald family vacation. We spent a week in a tiny little cabin at the Mohawk Trail State Forest, six of us in all, and had a wonderful time.
The six of us were: me, Penny, Ethan, our nephew Tyler, and Penny’s [...]
Two years ago today…
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged hiking, iceland, Fjallabak Trekking Company, trekking, freezing, frostbite, oh god oh god it's so cold, fourth of july on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
… I was freezing my ass off in Iceland.
Happy Fourth of July!
Call of the Wild
Posted in Photography, Travel on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Just got my advance copy of Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places from Penguin UK. It’s a gorgeous doorstopper of a book with photos and descriptions of 500 of the most spectacular places in the United Kingdon.
This is the kind of book I’d want to own even if one of my photos weren’t featured. Fortunately, that’s [...]
The Tuesday Traveler # 8: Old Lahaina Luau, Maui, Hawaii
Posted in Tuesday Traveler, tagged haleakala volcano, hawaii, hiking, maui, old lahaina luau, road to hana on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Where: Old Lahaina Luau, Maui, Hawaii
When: May 2002
What: Dancing girls with coconut bras—what more could you want? I kid, I kid.
Set right on the beach in near the Kaanapali end of Lahaina town, the Old Lahaina Luau has a more authentic (read: culturally sensitive) feel to it than the average luau offered by most of the hotels and resorts [...]
Wasn’t me
Posted in Travel, tagged Easter Island, moai, Rapa Nui on March 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is horrible.
A Finnish tourist has been arrested for ripping the earlobe off one of Easter Island’s ancient statues. Marko Kulju, 26, allegedly snapped off the giant lobe, which smashed into dozens of pieces. He then pocketed a chunk of the sacred Moai head in front of a horrified local woman. He now faces seven [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day… to me!
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged county kerry, ireland, iveragh peninsula, portmagee, ring of kerry, shannon airport, skellig michael, st. finian's bay on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just sold this photo of Ireland to Penguin UK for use in their upcoming book, Britain and Ireland’s Best Wild Places.
Home sweet home
Posted in Travel, tagged Easter Island, Rapa Nui on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Two days, four flights, and five airports later, I’m home from Easter Island! I’ll write up some thoughts about the (awesome) trip as soon as I can, but for now it’s back to the daily grind of work and life.
I’ve never been happier to see Penny and Ethan, though. Even a week is too long to be [...]
Me and my moai
Posted in Travel, tagged Easter Island, moai, rano raraku, Rapa Nui on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
