(Golden Palace in Kyoto, photos by Will Harris) I once wrote a guest blog post for VelvetEscape.com about how Americans tend to see the world in 7-10 day spurts because of the limited vacation time we get from work — usually just 10-15 work days off for the entire year. (Of course, I'm talking about […]

I’m back in chilly NYC after a great trip to Grenada. But in cyberspace I’m over on Heather Cowper’s excellent travel blog Heatheronhertravels.com guest-blogging about why it’s a good idea to stay in Goreme, Turkey, if you’re looking to explore the Capoddocia region. (The photo above was taken in June at 6 AM from the […]

There were certain things I was expecting on my trip to Grenada, such as beautiful beaches and spectacular sunsets. But I wasn't expecting to encounter monkeys. Perhaps I should have been because Grenada has rain forest and monkeys seem to like rain forests (as do I). Meeting my first Mona Monkey on Sunday at the […]

I’m leaving for Grenanda tonight, and I can’t wait to see The Spice of the Caribbean. It earned its nickname for nutmeg production and, well, its location in the Caribbean Sea. I’ve been to Caribbean islands before but never to one this far south — Grenada is about 200 miles northeast of Venezuela. My last […]

(View of the Portsmouth Fish Pier, photos by Maggie Overfelt Valentine) Guest blogger Maggie Overfelt Valentine, who has recently shared photos with Travelogged of her honeymoon to Maui and Kauai, spent a weekend at the end of the summer in the seaside town of Portsmouth, NH. When I went to Kennebunkport, Maine, last summer, I […]