A Lipton bag in boiling water was all I knew about tea before our trip to London in 2011. There, we went to afternoon tea twice, a mid-afternoon sit down where…
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Trip planning can be overwhelming, even for those of us who have done it often. But, it can also be really exciting and result in a trip that leaves a lifetime…
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I’ll be honest, I was nervous to travel to India. For as long as I can remember, I’ve heard about the poverty and garbage that are so prevalent in this country.…
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Sometimes travel can be gut-wrenching. We experienced it in Cambodia visiting the killing fields, the torture facilities of Pol Pot’s regime, and the Landmine Museum outside Siem Reap. We experienced it…
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Equality. It’s the word that came up repeatedly yesterday during our tour of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India; the holiest place on earth for the 28 million people of the…
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We’ve officially been in mainland China for a week and it hasn’t been at all what we were expecting – but in the best way. There is a different feel here than…
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I spent a majority of my teenage summers at my family’s cabin in Northern Minnesota. On our drive, a transformation would start just north of Brainerd, Minnesota. We would roll our…
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In well-traveled parts of the world, getting off the tourist track is both an alluring proposition and an incredible challenge. Many places remain off of tour itineraries and out of guide…
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“This must be what it feels like to be a tick,” grinned my dad from the deck of our boat. “Engorged and going for a ride.” We were on the Red Dragon,…
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It started with a giraffe-necked horse. Somewhere in the middle there was flying poo. And, it ended with both of us on the ground, still sore a few weeks later. The…