We were travelling Australia by four wheel drive – a trip which was the culmination of a dream I had had for many years, built upon the tales of a trip around Australia my father did back in his twenties.
Our steed was the legendarily rock solid Toyota Landcruiser 80 series – a vehicle which for many is [...]

I had gone out early to try to beat the heat, so the street was relatively quiet.  A man in an expensive looking track suit was jogging towards me on the other side of the road.  Seeing me, he crossed the street, ran up and took my hand in both of his.  “Welcome to my [...]

I was glad that I had insisted on keeping my window seat from the Argentine woman who had tried to usurp it.  Flying into Guatemala was spectacular as one volcano after another plunged upwards through the clouds.  Settled into my hostel, I began to explore Antigua. A huge volcanic cone on the edge of town [...]

Last week, we satisfied your appetite with home made pasta and farm fresh veggies with Eat, Pray, Love for the Sustainable Traveler: Italy. This week, we’ll be cooking up a different kind of recipe, revealing a menu that will feed your soul and nourish your spirit.
Holistic Bill of Health
Long before the time of [...]

Unhurried, less concerned with material things, living in the moment, full of gratitude, easily satisfied.  This is the person I would like to be. I am a lot more like her when I’m traveling.
When I moved to Mexico, I sold off many of my possessions and stored those I kept, including two closets full of [...]

I was on my second day exploring the temples at Angkor, and grateful to have purchased the seven-day ticket.  There was much to see, I wondered if a week would be enough. One is never alone at such a place, but I was surprised when I came around a corner and almost walked into a [...]

I was home from the ceremony by midnight, but could still here the blaring ranchero music when I drifted off to sleep around two.  I had expected it to be a loud night and didn’t really mind.  It’s not every day you turn two-hundred.  This was the culmination for me, having traveled through North America [...]

The silk blouse being held up before me was beautiful, but I shook my head no.  “Too small for me,” I said.  The salesman smiled widely and said, “No problem- for you I have extra, extra, extra large!” Then he held up a blouse that was the equivalent of a size four.
This is a common [...]

I recently read an article on travel website about the advantages of traveling when you’re older.  It had some good points, but overall I found it disturbing.  The “older” author was 28.  Twenty-eight! I’m not in my twenties…or thirties.  But I still go schlepping around with a backpack whenever I get the chance.  Here’s what [...]

No towers or sky-scrapers loom above.  I know of no elevators and can’t think of a building that has more than five floors.  Yet I live in a vertical city.  Guanajuato spills colorfully down the sides of a canyon.  The streets, “callejones” wind up and down with labyrinth-like unpredictability.  It’s beautiful, enticing and sometimes challenging.
The [...]