Tips from the T-List

This guest post takes us to the gorgeous Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica where Dahlia Nahome of Costa Rican Vacation is lucky enough to live all year round. Dahlia visited Costa Rica on her travels and couldn’t bring herself to leave the deserted beaches and beauty of the area where... (more...)

So I've written about Cape Malay cuisine as the distinctive regional cuisine of Cape Town, but there are, of course, older culinary influences that date back well before the Dutch imposed their victualing station at the foot of Table Mountain in 1652. The problem is, it's hard to experience them today... (more...)

For travelers, getting advice from someone who has been there, done that has become second nature with traveler advice sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp!, Google Maps and others. But most of the time, we have no idea who those people are that are giving the advice. Social Networking should be smarter Is... (more...)

Mumbai – known as Bombay during its golden days – is a city of extremes: upscale skyscraping apartment buildings stand side by side with sprawling slums while futuristic shopping malls tower over shabby handicraft stalls. The new Mumbai is a financial hub that is growing so rapidly... (more...)

For this month’s selection of summer sounds, our esteemed TuneSmith, Rob Wood, picks out a surprisingly uplifting medley of melancholia, and an album inspired by one of Smith’s top honeymoon hotels, the Maldivian paradise of Huvafen Fushi… ALBUM OF THE MONTH Boys Outside by Steve Mason When?... (more...)

If you’re planning a trip to Europe, you just might be at the right place at the right time. According to this release on the PRNewswire, the falling value of the Euro is leading straight to bargains for accommodations. Some of the most expensive cities to visit in Europe — Cannes, Geneva,... (more...)

They have inspired mythology, movies, and the Discovery Channel’s famous Shark Week. Carcharodon carchariai, commonly known as the great white shark can grow up to 20 feet long, weigh up to 5,000 pounds, and can live up to 30 years. They are an apex predator in Earth’s oceans, eating everything... (more...)

I’ve started volunteering with the Swedish Red Cross as a photojournalist in between writing/photography gigs, and will be sharing highlights from various projects and assignments once in a while. Tasks include documenting field projects, covering specific events, and writing up some project summaries... (more...)