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Daily Routines for Disconnecting & Truly Appreciating Life

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Vinson Expedition: Cifelli & Team Arrive at Vinson Base Camp

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Best New York Hotels for Solo Travelers

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Get Into the Spirit with Free Holiday GIFs and Images

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How to Find Gay Hotels When Traveling

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tourism and holidays

From $93: 7 Thanksgiving Hotel Deals Across the U.S.

Christine Dayao

Orlando World Center Marriott According to this Orbitz report, the next couple of days will be some of the best for nabbing the lowest Thanksgiving airfare, whether you’re heading home to see family or venturing out on a vacation. Here are seven great Thanksgiving hotel deals that dip as low as $93 per night, and top out at $189. From $129: InterContinental Mark Hopkins (California) Many of the rooms at this glamorous outpost on Nob Hill in San Francisco afford views of the city and Bay…

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A Digital Detox – Or What We Used to Call A Holiday

Abigail King

A Digital Detox to Madagascar So, this is it. I’m going on a digital detox as the cool kids are calling it these days. What this really means is that I’m going on what we old folk (who remember dial up and actually having to use a red phone booth) call a holiday. Back in the old days, before email, before mobile phones, before instagram, snapchat, viber and whatsapp, if you weren’t at the office and you weren’t at home…well, then, people couldn’t reach you. They didn’t expect you to work. It’s hard not to notice how all that …

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Peace and Serenity Prevail at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park’s New Japanese Garden

Melissa Schwartz

Categories: Best OfTravelingBody: A visit to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan guarantees fuel to the soul and creative inspiration. The new addition of the Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden this June adds another stronghold of natural wonder with peace and serenity at every corner. A stunning waterfall providing serenity During our visit to Meijer Gardens this summer, our family let out a collective gasp of wonderment upon our initial turn through the Japanese Garden. The result of over four years of creation, the…

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Traveling can help pay for university with this new program

Traveling Canucks

Traveling more can help pay for university I can’t believe that summer is almost over and it’s time for kids to go back to school. Braydon, our oldest boy, is only 3.5 years old, but he will be starting kindergarten next year. It’s mind-blowing to think that our baby boy will be starting school in one year. How is that even possible?! It feels like only a few months ago we were taking him on his first trip to California. We now understand why parents and grandparents told us to cherish every moment, even the bad ones. Blink and …

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Finding A Few Good Things Around The World: Photo Series

Matt Long

A few days ago the organizers of the weekly photo sharing event #FriFotos announced that they were discontinuing this Twitter tradition of five-years. Almost every week for those five years I have participated, using the new weekly themes as a creative motivator to create new and (I hope) interesting photo series. I probably will continue doing a weekly photo series, finding inspiration somewhere else, but in the mean time I want to join everyone else in thanking the organizers for five amazing years. The last three weekly themes have been announced, each with a nod towards the…

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Great Winter Getaways For 2015 And 2016

Ana Santorini

Autumn, winter, spring…if we’re being honest with ourselves, they are all pretty similar in the UK: wet and cold. Inevitably, it’s going to feel as if you’ll never experience the warm sun on your skin again. Before winter blues really kick in, stage an intervention. In some of the coldest months, there are still places around the world that can offer some great weather, to warm your heart – a little holiday can go a long…

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Rediscovering Your Hometown: How to Enjoy Your Own Backyard Like a Traveler

Shannon Bradford

Join Vagabondish on Twitter and Facebook. For vagabonds who’ve witnessed exotic sights, immersed themselves in foreign cultures, and climbed to the tops of pyramids, the familiar hometown might not be the ideal final destination. But when happenstance, poor planning, or bad luck plunk you back onto your old stomping grounds, it’s easy to spend too many nights contemplating your misfortune over beers at the local bar. My hometown is a tiny sneeze of a city in northern Ohio, known only for a lake and an amusement park. The list of things it lacks is far…

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Get Involved in the Community

For many, embarking on a polar expedition is the trip of a lifetime. Whether it’s a top bucket list trip, or your polar passion drives you to explore new Arctic and Antarctic regions every chance you get, a lot of planning and preparation will go into your epic adventure.

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Video: Dolphin Watching in Maldives

Nellie Huang

From somewhere in the depths of the indigo water comes a splash and a squeal. A small fin pokes above the surface followed by the whip of a tail. It’s a dolphin. Just meters away from our traditional dhoni boat. Seconds later, it resurfaces. But this time it’s joined by another dolphin.. and another…and another… By now, there are a dozen or so dolphins surrounding us. I watch in awe as the dolphins dive in and out of the water in sync, swimming gracefully right alongside the bow of our boat…

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Luxury & Romance at Daytona Beach Shores Hotel and Spa

Dave and Deb

It was a rocky start to our Daytona Beach vacation as we booked a hotel near the Daytona Beach boardwalk and pier. Dave and I have learned that as we grow older, we have little patience for noise, crowds, and drunken twenty somethings having balcony parties on the beach. Can Daytona Beach appeal to couples traveling with no kids and a healthy bank account? We aimed to find …

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Video: Face to Face with Kilian Jornet

Kraig Becker

It is safe to say that Kilian Jornet is amongst the very best mountain runners in the entire world. He has set speed records for running to the summit of high mountains on just about every continent, and is hoping to eventually set a speed record on Everest as well. In this video, we get a chance to meet the man and learn

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Status Update* 2

JOHN V CAIN

This is your host John V Cain with an update on VINJABOND as of September 2015.» NOMAD   MOBILE   GEAR   //   HLNMD » BADASS    BACKPACKS   //   GRCK » TACTICAL   iPHONE   CASE   //   HTCS First off, I’d like to thank all of you for continuing to support this site as well as all you new people. I couldn’t keep it going without you, so thank you, again.Gear giveaways are finally in the works so find …

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8 Tips for Visiting Yellowstone National Park with Kids

Bryanna Royal

Yellowstone National Park is one of those places to visit at least once (and hopefully more than that) during your life.   It’s an amazing park that offers surreal views, constantly changing and surprising landscape and wildlife! We had the opportunity to stay for an extended period of time in the employee campground with my sister and her family. At that time, I didn’t realize what an opportunity this was going to be. We quickly realized that visitors do Yellowstone like they do Disney World. They …

Backpacking, Budget travel & ecotourism

Discovering Romania.

Bemused Backpacker

Piatra Neamt in Romania is eastern Europe’s tourism equivalent of an undiscovered star, ready and eager to shine on a global stage and just on the verge of being discovered. Follow my adventures in this hidden part of the world and discover just how awesome Romania really is. Neamt County is about as off the beaten track as you can get from any mainstream tourist trail and almost proudly bears its status as one of Europe’s unknown hidden gems, but with…

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Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 25

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FBI Fugitive Found on Appalachian Trail, A Survival Video Game, The Zion Flash Flood, A “Walk In the Woods” Inspires People to Get Out, MSR FlyLite Tent, and much more! by Eric Vann | 2015-09-29ARTICLE OUTLINE {text-transform:uppercase} Introduction TOP STORIES Anish Sets Self-Supported Record for the Appalachian Trail Unattached: All-female Team Summits Unclimbed Peak in the Zanskar Region of India James Hammes: FBI Fugitive Found Hiking …

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This Land is Your Land

Jeff Kinney

Privatization and commercialization of public lands is increasing. More companies are being allowed to manage national forests and other federal and state-owned lands, and fracking and mining firms are often permitted to extract the minerals beneath. Partnerships between public lands managers and the private sector are also on the rise. For example, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the restored log cabins in Cades Cove is “brought to you by Log Cabin Maple Syrup,” with a plaque…

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Everest Movie Prize Pack Giveaway

Brian Green

Everest is the ultimate bucket list destination for many of us. A dream that is out of reach for all but a few. The closest many of us will come to experiencing Everest will be through documentaries and photos. That’s why I am excited about the release of Everest, the new movie from Universal Pictures. You can experience it in IMAX 3D starting September 18 and see it everywhere September 25. I can’t wait… Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt…