Katie of Tripbase tagged me, so now it's my turn to write a post revealing my top three travel secrets. I felt a little overwhelmed when trying to choose my three so I decided to focus on what I learned on my trip to Greece in July 2008.

When I started this travel blog in January, I didn't have a single trip planned. I just wanted to write about my favorite subject — travel — and hoped for the best. I figured at the very least I could write about my past adventures, discuss general travel issues and feature my friend's trips, magazine-style. [...]

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Anywhere, Everywhere Travel Blog Carnival. The carnival takes place once a month and features some of the best travel writing and photography on the web. As usual, I received lots of great submissions; here are my favorites. Audrey presents Fawlty Tours: 7 Games Tour Companies Play posted at [...]

When I was in Northern California in April, I simply couldn't get enough of seals/sea lions. Any time I was by the coastline, I was hoping to hear barking and see some blubbery seals sunning themselves. I'm not quite sure how my obsession got started (most likely from frequent trips to the Central Park Zoo [...]

The Mayans predicted that the world would end in 2012. So perhaps that’s why the Ka’ana Boutique Resort (pictured above) in Belize feels comfortable offering this incredible deal where if you book a seven-day stay at Ka’ana Boutique Resort before December 18th, you get seven complimentary days in 2012 as well as airfare from Miami. [...]

On Saturday, I took a day trip to Cincinnati from Southern Indiana, where I was spending the weekend visiting family. Just a 90-minute drive away, Cincy promised to offer plenty of culinary and artistic options to explore.

(photos by Niki Jensen) Monaco, that glamorous little country surrounded by France on the Mediterranean, is fabulous to visit any time of the year. But if — like Los Angeles—residents Niki Jensen and her boyfriend Martin Gaiss — you're lucky enough to go during the Monaco Grand Prix, the legendary annual Formula One race that [...]

As the weather gets colder in New York, I try to warm myself up by thinking of the hottest places that I've been to this year. While Cappodocia, Turkey, in June came close, I still think my hottest day of 2009 was in Jaco, Costa Rica in late March. This post, however, is about La [...]

Last week when I was blogging about seeing the Mona Monkey in Grenada, I realized that while I have written and posted photos about the white-faced capuchin monkeys and the spider monkeys I saw in Costa Rica, I have left out the howler monkeys. Yes, I know this a travel blog and not a monkey [...]