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Good Companies Being Good

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Travel adventures, Travel industry | 1 Comment »

I've subscribed to Seth Godin's blog for ages and just finished his compilation of postings, small is the new big. There are all kinds of great thoughts and quotes in there, but here's one that's relevant to what I'm about ...

Progress? On the Annapurna Circuit

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Long-term travel, Travel adventures | 3 Comments »

What really sticks in your mind ten years after you've traveled somewhere? I've been to a large chunk of those "must see before you die" kind of places and I've stayed in some of the world's most memorable hotels. But ...

Wine Country Biking and Cheap Beer

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Beers of the World, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Leffel projects, Travel adventures | 1 Comment »

If you happen to be near a newsstand this month, pick up a copy of the great drinks magazine Imbibe. I've got an essay on the last page about biking around the wine country of the Czech Republic. The story ...

Hanging with the Embera in the Darien Gap

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Travel adventures | 1 Comment »

Heading upriver into the Darien Gap of Panama, you have to time it right. If the tide goes out while you are in the jungle, you're up the creek without a channel. So we ventured in as the tide was ...

Go Get Lost

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel adventures | 2 Comments »

I was going through old photos on my laptop to get rid of ones that I’ve kept for no reason besides laziness. I found these two shots that made me start thinking about the value of not planning out your ...