Ask any veteran traveler and they’ll tell you one of the best things about the act of traveling is the moment you come face to face with something, a place or structure so impressive, so timeless and eloquent, you simply can’t find the words to describe it. You stand stupefied, looking, utterly moved by its [...]
This article is by journalist Laura Lippstone who booked her trip around the world with us back in May. Happy to have her writing today about her experience on the AirTreks Travel Blog. Unlike Liz Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, my quest to take a round-the-world trip had nothing to do with finding myself; [...]
India is feast for the senses. The moment you step off the plane all five of them are activated, assaulting your brain with sounds, smells, tastes, sights and of course the visceral, never letting up until you step back the plane to leave. The following video brings you this India, the India of the senses, [...]
Bombay is an arresting place. I say that knowing the irony, because it’s also a place that just does not stop. There’s a constant motion in Bombay, an ever-changing crush of people, objects and aims all laced together in a very tight knot, with you at the very center of it all. It’s also a [...]
Say what you will about travel in India, it can be very educational. From the gut rot, to the endless jostling, to the odd connections that lead to unexpected turns of fortune, time spent in India can be a crash-course on how to travel better throughout the world. Today I’ve invented five aphorisms to illustrate [...]
Today’s Afternoon Palate Cleanser comes in the form of a short film from India full of life, color and a touching sense of humanity. Produced by ESPN, this is a wonderful story of a man’s aspiration to rise from his station as a slum dwelling caddy for the rich purely on a whispers of his [...]
It’s been a while since any photography has been featured on this blog. And hopefully as world travelers you’ve been craving a few shots with which to upshift your imaginations into fifth. Because Friday shares a phoneme with photography and also because your relaxation neurons are starting to fire, I’m showcasing a few of the [...]
It’s not easy to describe the feeling you get while in India, whether in words or otherwise. Probably because it enters all your senses at once, and no form of media can come close to representing that sensation. So we’re left to make our puny attempts with writing, photos, movies, etc. For my money, this [...]
Before I went to India I’d heard from various talking mouths that it wasn’t an “easy” place to travel, that I’d need to take care doing everything from visiting the toilet to having a milkshake. After arriving there I understood what they were talking about, especially when it came to the milkshakes. But I was [...]
If you’ve done any traveling in your life you probably know what it’s like to be flabbergasted. Hitting a situation where you’re pushed to the edges of your patience, frustration and composure. Perhaps a blood vessel rises in your forehead as you mouth off at the teller/ticket salesman/hotel desk clerk, storming away in a cloud [...]
