The train chugged along on that crisp February morning and I looked out the window, so happy to be back in the Swiss Alps, and so amazed by how dramatic those mountains always look. I’d been to Switzerland just once before when I followed my late grandmother’s journal there, but that was in the summertime […]
Forget What You’ve Heard, and Travel to Zimbabwe
You really shouldn’t travel to Zimbabwe. You won’t have a good time… This is what we were told only two weeks before we planned to travel to Zimbabwe, and not just by one person, but by multiple people. It put a seed of doubt in our heads, and when we looked at government safety warnings for Zimbabwe online, things […]
How to Participate in a 10-day Meditation Retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh
The 10-day meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh in Chaiya, Southern Thailand, has been inviting English speakers to learn more about Dharma and meditation for several decades. Thanks to generous donations of time and supplies, mostly by local Thais, the open-air meditation halls in the beautifully manicured forest of the monastery provide a perfect refuge […]
7 Easy Steps to a More Authentic Travel Experience
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 […]