Do you feel the effects of the seasons? How do you maintain health and happiness through these chilly months? Winter has just begun, so let’s all band together, striving for wellness and joy this year!
Don’t tell me you’re too busy decking the halls and making Toys-R-Us runs to come play in the mountains this month… it will actually make you a jollier person, now, and in the future.
Question: What does this adventure have in common with my last several vacations? Answer: Women traveling together, without their significant others.
What does one do when one discovers she’s harboring a parasite? I did the only thing I could. I covered it back up and didn’t allow myself to think about it for a single second. I knew if I allowed my mind to stray with even one larvae thought, I could very well drive myself insane, or at least into an anxiety attack.
Glancing at the eight other members of our group, I’d never seen so much khaki, and so little skin, in the rainforest. Last time, for example, we tromped around in bikini tops and teeny board shorts. The guys went topless. We climbed trees, rappelled down ravines, and hawked monkeys. What was up with Peru?
The Love Hope Strength Foundation mixes music with adventure to improve cancer care all over the world.
How many dissatisfied women would assume a trip to India, Italy, and Bali could transform their lives à la Elizabeth Gilbert? I don’t care because thanks to the Eat, Pray, Love tour, women who ordinarily wouldn’t get out into the world WILL.
If you’re feeling a little fuzzy at altitude, it could just be the bliss of immersion into purple mountain majesty–or it could be a touch of altitude sickness. Blogger Jayme Otto gives a few hints for handling the highs.
I’m taking a little vacation this month, which ironically means no travel. I’m calling it “Inverse Travel” and it’s all about engaging with visitors to your own town…
The antidote for voluntourism? Perhaps an actual vacation. But if that feels too much like admitting to defeat (I’m also a bit Type A), there’s another brand of voluntourism – luxury voluntourism. Don’t let the name scare you off, luxury voluntour trips aren’t necessarily glamorous or prissy, but rather organized by high-end travel outfitters who put just as much focus on tourism as giving back.
The most painless form of bike transport is no transport at all. If you’re heading for a cycling-destination in the U.S., it’s easier and more cost effective to leave your bike at home and rent one in the town you’re visiting.
My tropical spa treatment had me thinking: Why do I perceive massage as an indulgence only to be taken while on vacation? Think about it. Massage in your (or my) hometown is half the price, and typically just as good a treatment…
Big City Mountaineers teaches teens to summit the metaphorical mountains of their lives.
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