The Gray Area of Travel: Pushing the Envelope

I was recently invited on a trip to Mexico to snorkel in the local reef, sail to Isla Mujeres, and to swim with whale sharks (they are totally harmless to humans as they are into plankton for food). Of course there would also be some basking in the sun and some exploring in Mexico. I would be staying in and around Cancun including one night in a fun, small town about an hour outside Cancun, Puerto... [Read more]

Thoughts on Backpacking

I was recently asked by a friend on MySpace, Magaly, whether I had any thoughts on backpacking. She is going to Europe for the first time and was looking for some advice. While I admit that after sleeping in a barn in Austria, camping in Iceland (not by choice) and eating... [Read more]