San Cristóbal in the Galápagos was one of my favorite stops of my three weeks in the islands. If you love sea lions, you’re going to adore San Cristóbal. This is also a prime spot to see blue footed boobies, sharks at Kicker Rock, and sea turtles at one of the many fantastic snorkeling spots. […]
Should You Get a Portable Hotspot for Your Trip?
A few years ago a pocket WiFi/mobile hotspot/portable hotspot company reached out to me and asked me to test their service. I wanted to like it — I really did — but it didn’t work very well, and usually the WiFi where I was worked better. That was saying something, because the Internet was abhorrent […]
Why Traveling Lows are so Low (And How to Fix Them)
“Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person’s capacity to act.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the former head of Psychology at the University of Chicago, wrote the words above in Flow, a book that explores the nuances of happiness. Flow is total absorption in a moment or activity, […]
The Best Galapagos Islands Cruise for Solo Travelers
The finch eyes me as it inches closer, bouncing around ever nimble and effortlessly. One of Darwin’s muses when he visited the Galapagos, I’m delighted that this little bird is choosing to be so close to me. Anywhere else I would have assumed that it had been fed by careless humans, but not on remote […]
The Best Time to Visit the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are a paradise for animal lovers. With birds, tortoises, and even cacti that you can only find there, it’s hard to find a more unique place in the world. That said, plenty of the animals in the Galapagos are migratory, and the Galapagos Islands experience a subtropical climate despite being along the […]