CROSSING TIME ZONES

Tips & Trips

Want to be a travel writer? Jump start your career on assignment to Turkey for Rough Guides

January 24, 2011
Tips & Trips

If you’ve always wanted to be a travel writer but haven’t known how to get started, here’s a fabulous opportunity for you to check out. Rough Guides has teamed up with global travel services company World Nomads and active travel company BikeHike Adventures to offer one aspiring travel writer the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to go on assignment to Turkey and learn from an established Rough Guides author. …Read the Rest

Winter deals to Scandinavia from U.S. on SAS

November 18, 2010
Nordic Corner

SAS has announced a winter sale on fares from 60 U.S. cities to destinations throughout Scandinavia and beyond. Tickets must …Read the Rest

R.I.P., National Geographic Adventure

R.I.P., National Geographic Adventure
December 3, 2009
Tips & Trips

The latest bad news on the traditional journalism front has just about ruined my day. Make that week. No, it’s …Read the Rest

Patagonia vs. the dams: Travel companies offer a special trip to fight a destructive project

Patagonia vs. the dams: Travel companies offer a special trip to fight a destructive project
November 25, 2009
EcoZone

Picture this: two wild and scenic rivers rushing from the glaciers of the southern Andes, through dramatic canyons, ancient forests, …Read the Rest

Costa Rica seeks volunteers to teach English for sustainable tourism development

November 16, 2009
Tips & Trips

If you’re looking for a way to support sustainable tourism development, have a background in English teaching, and have the …Read the Rest

Travel with Hurtigruten to Norway’s far north, fjords, and other destinations

Travel with Hurtigruten to Norway’s far north, fjords, and other destinations
September 29, 2009
Nordic Corner

Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten recently announced several new adventures to go along with its already exciting catalog of expedition cruises. …Read the Rest

Book Review: Indian Summer by Alex von Tunzelmann

September 23, 2009
Tips & Trips

I recently finished reading Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex von Tunzelmann, about …Read the Rest

Exciting new Afar Magazine emphasizes experiential travel

August 28, 2009
Tips & Trips

Crossing Time Zones has been quiet lately because I spent much of the past week driving to and from Wyoming …Read the Rest

Issues-related travel: Tugging at the heartstrings…and the pursestrings

August 17, 2009
Tips & Trips

It’s pretty much a proven fact that personal experience makes people care more about just about anything. That’s why a …Read the Rest

Book Review: Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales

Book Review: Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales
July 2, 2009
Tips & Trips

How is it that a mountaineer with years of experience and the most advanced equipment can lose his life on …Read the Rest