I thought I loved volcanos — I’ve helicoptered over a bubbling Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii on my honeymoon, hiked over a hissing Nea Kameni in Santorini and gotten close enough to hear the boulders rumbling down Mt. Arenal in Costa Rica. But as I hear about Sicily’s erupting Mt. Etna, which has already exploded six times [...]
Travel seems like a subject that was custom-made for social media, even though of course it predates it. Travel enthusiasts love talking about travel and bond easily over sharing stories and advice. So it’s not surprising that that the travel community has flourished on Facebook, StumbleUpon and Twitter, where it has developed an extensive list [...]
Where I have met the most fellow travelers? Turkey? England? Alaska? Greece? Nope. I tend to travel with my husband or in a group with other writers/bloggers, which makes it harder to meet people, although I always try because it’s an important part of traveling. I’ve actually met the most travelers right at home, sitting [...]
(photo of Sri Lanka’s Aukana Buddha Statue by Ikmal/Flickr) Sri Lanka emerged as one of the hottest travel destinations for 2010. It was no. 1 on the New York Times‘ The 31 Places to Go in 2010, and it was also on Conde Nast Traveler‘s 2010 It List. The civil war ended in May and [...]
A lot of hotels are on Twitter, and as a travel blogger, I follow a lot of them. Not only are they great contributors to the Twitter-wide travel conversation, but sometimes they offer Twitter-only deals. Starting tomorrow morning (Monday, Dec. 21st), the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino is doing something a little different [...]
