Five Kilometers to Adventure
January 20, 2009 | Written by Sarit Reizin
Travel Africa by car; go ahead, I dare you. Flat tires and sore bottoms from endless dirt roads are guaranteed, and so is a generous load of adventure. In six month in Central America driving 1971 VW old-timer “GreenGo”, I haven’t had half the trouble I am now having with a 1997 Toyota Hilux named “Columbus”, a professionally maintained long-term rental.
Funny things have been happening... [Read more]
Road Trip Travel Enters the Space Age, part 4
November 16, 2008 | Written by Steve Smith & Christine Johnson
I found that nowhere in the world is the wine as fine and varied as in Italy. Towns only 20 kilometers apart produce unique varieties made from the same grapes, appellations they can call all their own. Driving through each will give you the chance to taste this firsthand. My two favorites grew in micro-climates states apart, but the bloodlines these wines share make them family.
We’ve all heard of Tuscany and... [Read more]
Around Mazatlan
November 12, 2008 | Written by Devin Galaudet
Most of my day was spent in a van cruising along the roads leading out of Mazatlan. I whizzed passed lots of green rolling hills with construction, cows, stray dogs and a curious pair of copulating donkeys on the side of the road. The goal for the day was to visit some of the outlining towns nearby Mazatlan — definitely worth the trip.
Malpica was my first stop for beautiful handmade tiles (I bought a matched... [Read more]
Road Trip Travel Enters the Space Age, part 2
October 3, 2008 | Written by Steve Smith & Christine Johnson
Should I be excited that I’m living the freedom of navigating by car through the hill towns of Tuscany and Umbria, or frightened by this summer’s astronomical gas prices and what it can do to my pocketbook?
Months ago, much like a progeny of Zeus, I mused about this upcoming road trip and the relevancy of this type of travel. I asked, “Will gas prices continue to skyrocket as they have this summer?”... [Read more]
Lemons and More, the Amalfi Coast
September 10, 2008 | Written by Carolyn Bonello
Everything in the Amalfi Coast is lemony. The perfumes, ceramic tiles, cups and saucers, main courses, desserts, refreshing drinks and, of course, the prize winner, Limoncello are just lemony.
Up until now, I am oblivious to the amount of alcohol this pleasantly sweet digestive liquor, made from lemon rind, water and sugar, actually contains. But as I sit in a pretty restaurant over-looking Sorrento’s main piazza,... [Read more]
From Jarira to Hendrix in Morocco
August 25, 2008 | Written by ITKT Media Partner
In Morocco you can enjoy a good scrubbing local hammam style, sip on a hearty harira soup after sunset and discover the fishing town and windswept beaches that inspired the guitar legend himself, Jimi Hendrix…
In Morocco you can enjoy a good scrubbing local hammam style, sip on a hearty harira soup after sunset and discover the fishing town and windswept beaches that inspired the guitar legend himself, Jimi Hendrix.... [Read more]
Road Trip Travel Enters the Space Age
August 4, 2008 | Written by Steve Smith & Christine Johnson
When I was a child my family relocated cross-country to California via the Mother Road, historic Route 66. Even at that tender age, I enjoyed the trip in a station-wagon piled high with our possessions, ‘Grapes of Wrath’ style. It was on that drive that the road-tripper bug infected me.
Years later the country was facing its first gas crisis and the price had reached 75 cents a gallon. With school behind me... [Read more]
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