For most people, especially young professionals, the point of traveling is to feel like you really experienced a new place to the fullest, without a manufactured experience that you paid too much for or that just didn’t feel real. Evidence shows that the trend for desiring authentic and experiential travel is growing. We want to […]
12 Pictures that Prove Idaho is the Most Beautiful Winter State
Idaho, it’s a little crazy how quickly you charmed me. I didn’t know much of anything about you up until about 2 weeks ago, but now you’ve got me smitten. If asked if I thought Idaho was a great vacation destination prior to this trip, I would have had to reply that all I knew […]
Ringing in the New Year With Ten Days of Silent Meditation
Days 94-104 It was a starry night on Koh Tao in Southern Thailand. I was lying on a wooden deck, staring up at the stars as party revelers danced away at the bar to my right. I was tired of dancing, I was tired of reckless tourists — I was tired of the whole Thai […]
Just 25 Gorgeous Photos of Alberta in the Winter
The cold air hit me like a wave as I stepped out of the airport doors. The wind blew little wisps of white snow along the ground, and the super moon glowed in the crystal clear sky above me. At first it’s a shock to the system stepping into -30 degree weather (-22 Fahrenheit). Your […]
The Science Behind Why We Love to Travel
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as he spoke. I could feel my heart rate increase slightly as the excitement coursed through me at this discovery of why travel is so addictive. I’d always known that newness – new places, the anxious anticipation of stepping off an airplane in a faraway land, […]