Tag Archives: Travel Reflections

Las Mujeres: Prostitutes and Doctors in Honduras

Honduras travel experience

Stories, recounts of personal travel experiences often gives one pause about the human condition. Enjoy Julia’s story about visiting Honduras and meeting its people.

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Adult Luggage | Marseille, France

traveling with wrong suitcase in france

There are somethings worse than bringing the wrong travel tool to lug your belongings…there’s shame, embarrassment, guilt. Enjoy Corey’s travel experience.

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The Road to Dahab | Jerusalem to Egypt

Travel Story | Dahab, Egypt

“The sun setting against the beige Jerusalem stone fills me with the traveler’s nostalgia of not knowing when or if I’ll ever stand here again.” A perfect line from this travel story. Enjoy Nikki’s journey.

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Dance, drink and be merry – No one throws a party like the Nzemas | Ghana

Travel Stories | Kundum Festival, Ghana, Africa

The best part of travel is when you stumble upon things. And multi-day festivals, where ten year old boys can drink you under the table, is a festival where stories are made. Enjoy Raquel’s ride into the Kundum Festival.

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Hemingway Revisted | Key West, Florida

Travel Stories, Visiting the Hemmingway House, Keywest, Florida

Travel is enlightening in and of itself. But add some passion and knowledge about an author that inspires you in the mix…Presto! you just made memories that will change your life.

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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November | London, England

Travel Stories, Guy Fawkes Night | Bonfire Night | United Kingdom

Funny how stories can ignite a tradition – take Guy Fawkes failed attempt to blow up the parliament – now there’s an annual festival commemorating his heroic/devious deeds. Celebrating Guy Fawkes Night in 21st Century England

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Rediscovering Irish Roots: A Canadian Finds the Old Country, Bunclody, Ireland

What’s more exciting than getting to know where you come from? Actually traveling there to meet them of course! These little adventures make the greatest stories.

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The Unexpected Monk | Luang Prabang, Laos

On your travels you’ll likely meet a local that epitomizes the people, the society and it’s natural surrounding. Enjoy this traveler’s impression on meeting a novice monk in Laos.

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Texting Emperor Keitai – Travel Stories, Kyoto, Japan

Tap, tap tap, the indisputable sound of inside a Japanese train, on the sidewalk, in a park, in a movie theater, in a restaurant, almost everywhere you’ll hear it; the successive tap of cell phone texting. We’ve all heard the stories, read more about it.

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One little mistake…So Hot Right Now – Mumbai, India

Want to know how it is to ride in a taxi in India. Read this traveler’s icky, oozy, sticky, cramped, putrid taxi ride. And a quick bird’s eye view of India’s stratification.

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Nine Lions and a Buffalo | Zimbabwe, Africa

Lion eating during safari

This is nature in its most raw form. Wonderful travel story of a safari in Zimbabwe. Not for the faint of heart.

Black as Lava: Misadventures of Making Camp in the Dark | Hawaii

Travel Stories | Makalwena, Hawaii

The plan is simple: get to the beach. But how? Hitch-hike a handful of times, wander through a wavering road that leads to nowhere and pray that you’ll meet up with your group. What’s adventure without having a story to tell at the end? Enjoy Jill’s ride through Hawaii.

The Okavango Safari, The Lioness | Botswana, Africa

Travel Stories, Lioness in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Imagine a four hundred pound African beast charging at you, what do you do? Join this traveler as he recounts his story of nearly being supper in Botswana.

Searching for trouble in Nepal – Chitwan National Park

Travel Stories, Experiences, Rhino in Nepal

What is the purpose for travel? The sights, the sounds, the close encounter with wild animals that will probably cease your life without warning ? Yes…it’s the latter! (it’s all about the stories that you’ll be able to tell… )

The Crisis: My Miami Addiction, Skiing in the Summer | Miami, Florida

Travel Stories, Getting in Trouble in Miami

There are sometimes during your travels that you will be a danger to yourself. But life is short, start collecting stories about your misadventures.

Bois de Boulogne Nighttime Adventures, Paris, France

Travel Stories, Bois de Bolougne

Join this traveler as he peels back a Parisian night and finds there is alot more than meets the eye. Enjoy this travel surprise as he seeks nighttime adventure. Not for the kiddies.

A Stormy day in Paradise, Phi Phi Island, Thailand

Travel Stories, Kayaking in Lagoon Phi

When traveling to far away places the last thing you think of is deadly close-encounters, but they make the greatest stories when you live to tell about them.

Rocky Ride To Kao San Road | Thailand

Travel Stories, Taxi in Thailand

So imagine you’re in another country, ready for an adventure and then Bam!…you meet some hostile tourists that make your trip an even more adventurous start for your story.

The Whitest Water of All, Uganda, Africa

Travel Stories, Uganda White Water Rafting

Traveling in and of itself may be a hair-raising experience, but bring it up a notch and add some scary to it. Riding down the Nile river in a flimsy little raft.

Like a Bird, Rio De Janeiro

Travel Stories, Experience | paragliding rio

What’s more (in)sane than listening to a man telling you to run off the edge of a cliff? An exhilarating story of a weightless journey across Rio’s cityscape.

No One Thanks a Hostage, Mexico & Guatemala

Travel Stories, Experience | hostage mexico guatemala story

Sex on the beach triggers more memories than you’d imagine. Travel along with this sojourner as she lays out a wonderful story of sex, guns, and bad-breathe Guatemalans.

Guns and Frivolity in Cambodia

Travel Stories, Experience | Shooting Guns in Cambodia

This adventurer went to Cambodia for some culture but ended up throwing grenades. A clear sign that travel experiences may vary…