Over the years, I’ve traveled with hundreds of our guests all over the world, and seen dozens of people petrified at the thought of getting on a plane. There’s something… Read more…
Family travel: Five ways to stretch the vacation budget
When time and money are in short supply, it’s your cue to think outside the box.Read More
John Locher, world traveler, lover of all things China, and tour leader for our Spirit of China trip, guests this week on Halle’s blog. In March 1974, two farmer brothers… Read more…
Sweating it out: Experiencing the Temezcal
This ritual is a rebirthing of sorts, he explains. As the others have done before me, I touch my forehead to the sparse grass at the mouth of the temezcal. “All my relations,” I intone properly, while connecting to Mother Earth, Father Sky, my ancestors, my family, my friends — in keeping with Read more…
An Expensive Security Loophole in International Travel by Greg Roach
Ten minutes later I stand before the withering gaze of one of these "experts" who can't seem to comprehend that the reason for my suspiciously exotic... Read more…