I'm a marketing assistant with Penguin Group (USA), and have recently been a contributor to Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. Prior to that, I served two years in the Philippines as a Children, Youth and Family volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps.
Ryan Murphy describes the everyday life of a Peace Corps volunteer in a small town in the Philippines.
Ellen was from a Greek island, one of the Ionians—the "Seven Islands," she called them, though there are many more than seven. Aristotle Onassis had owned one of them, Skorpios, in Greece's better days, though by the time he and Jackie O had tied their knot Ellen was long gone, riding the trade winds (and a convenient family marriage) to the States.
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
[Reprinted by Fox News.] Join us on a tour to five continents as we explore a dozen of the world's most vibrantly colorful towns, and we'll let you know exactly where to go to get the best view.
Sunscreen? Check. Extra socks? Double-check. There are some things you'll never forget to pack, whether you're headed to the Swiss slopes or the wilds of Africa. But your go-to packing checklist will only get you so far.
[Reprinted by MSNBC.] Between voodoo, Mardi Gras, the music, and the food—oh, the food—New Orleans has a heritage few American cities can match. But how does your knowledge of the city measure up?
[Reprinted by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Yahoo! News.] Some of these lifts look like they belong in sci-fi thrillers, others could be theme park attractions, but a trip on any of them will earn you a lifetime of bragging rights.
[Reprinted by CNN.] No doubt many visitors will take advantage of this largesse to visit Yellowstone, the Everglades and other crown jewels of the Park Service, but there are worlds of wonder beyond the well-trodden path.
Readers nominated a record 647 towns this year - and now we've narrowed that list down to just 10 standout communities across the country. Read all about them, and then vote for your favorite!
Window, aisle or middle? Countless fliers have faced that age-old question.
Traveling provides ample opportunities for indulging in culinary experimentation. But what if you just want a familiar snack from the homeland?
Alec Baldwin might have gotten a high–profile slap on the wrist for trying to use his smart phone during a takeoff, but he’s hardly the only flyer loath to give up Words With Friends privileges.
What of the obscure, the low budget, the un–syndicated? Away from the big names and networks, there are travel treasures to be found for every category of viewer.
Here are some tips on how to prepare for a flight, navigate fees, and keep the whole gang happy along the way.
Paris. Shanghai. LAX? Airports may not usually be listed among the world’s most exotic locales, but they can still be destinations in themselves.
Trazzler
For the dedicated people watcher, it's a goldmine; for the caffeine junky, it's a place to score a rare shot of black gold in inner Queens.
California’s beaches are a sort of intoxicant. Redolent with salty ocean breezes and the smells of food wafting from the boardwalks, they gently rock their sun-worshipping children in a cradle of summertime.
A rough-hewn stone, a splatter of colorful paint, and the rust-speckled metal of a lovers’ lock give the Brooklyn Bridge its humanity.
Old Saigon is a blur of motorbikes, and few locales showcase the sheer ubiquitousness and variety of Vietnam's favorite mode of transport better than Trần Hưng Đạo Roundabout.
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Interested in catching a glimpse of Manila's Coconut Palace, delving into the craziness of the Divisoria street market, or indulging in traditional Filipino food (like goat adobo or balut, steamed duck fetus)?
Daegu Pockets
Angled defiantly away from the rest of the Philippine archipelago like an elongated bullet, Palawan flaunts its uniqueness, even topographically.
Eleven Degrees North
New York City has more people than Switzerland--which makes the city's parks all the more miraculous.
Hong Kong’s neon arms might be open to foreigners and foreign investments, but I had more trouble getting through its gates than I did entering the red border via Shanghai.
The Philippines' main problem is with exportation – but not the exportation of goods. What the Philippines is forced to export is rather more valuable and infinitely more exploitable: its own people.
New York: the city of lights, of sounds, of dreams of the future and visions of the past, city of sewers and parks, of Walt Whitman and John Lennon and the Village Voice, of the Port Authority and Occupy Wall Street.
I spent Christmas alone on a tiny speck with nothing but sea a hundred kilometers in any direction. It was wonderful.