Dispatches
Reports from travellers on the road around the world.
Diamond Rush: World’s Only Public Diamond Mine Offers Adventures and Treasures
Believed to be the eighth largest diamond reserve in the world, Crater of Diamonds.
Travel adventure jobs and careers
Blend travel and adventure with your career. Vacation and work at the same time. Ever wonder what’s on the other side of the cubicle? What’s it like to be out of the rat race?
The End of the Adventure
It's been a bit of time since I've posted. We've been in travel limbo, that odd period at the end of a trip where it seems to take forever to get home.
Adventure Behind the Wheel
Those that have traveled abroad in developing countries have likely been awed, or terrified, by the driving techniques employed by local bus and taxi drivers.
Internal Flights are Serum for the Soul
We´re in Livingston, Guatemala today, our final stop before boarding a boat and plane tomorrow to move in the Belize cayes.
Rant: Topless in Maya Country
Traveling in any coastal area in Central America provides ample opportunity to see the odd juxtaposition of local men sweating out the heat in smart trousers and a shirt, often long sleeved and…
Dispatch: Update from El Salvador
Sorry for the radio silence on this end kiddies. We´ve been in El Salvador since Saturday and internet access, along with tourist infrastructure in general, is very thin on the ground here.
Jo (and Eric) Versus the Volcano
Earlier this week, Tuesday´s agenda included a short little jaunt up the Pacaya Volcano in southern Guatemala.
Get on the bus... again
As I mentioned in this post before I left , due to some oddities in our itinerary for Central American Honeymoon Challenge '07, we had just four days to get from Cancun to our Honeymoon suite in…
Guatemala: Home of the Hearty
I've been here in Guatemala a little less than two days, but I can already tell you one thing: These people are tough.
Dispatch: The great Cabana search
Wandering down the beach looking for a cabana, we have the beautiful cliffs and ruins of Tulum at our back, but we are more concerned with finding a room and getting our packs off our backs.
Awesome Adventurer: Twice to the top of the world
Allow me to take a second to dole out some props to a fellow Taoseno, ski patroller, and rugged mountaineer, Dave Hahn, who recently tagged the summit of Everest twice in five months.
NY Times: 25 most e-mailed travel stories of 2006.
I thought this was worth using a post on just to point out a few of my favorites in the Times' list of The 25 Most E-Mailed Travel Articles of 2006 .
The Tunnels of Everything but Love
Think you've had a hard time crossing a few borders in your life? Well, if you're looking for a real adventure, try crossing under the border between Mexico and the U.S.
The week's best audio adventures
My eternal pimping of public radio marches on. These were some of the best journeys I had from my laptop or through my headphones this week: NPR : Mount Rainier Park Starts Long Road to Recovery The…
Dispatch: Introduction to Bangkok
Touching down in Bangkok is a bit like starting from a paused position, frame frozen, then skipping real time to go directly into a fast forward mode.
On the Road: Navajo Nation
Allright, so I wasn't able to find a wireless hotspot to post from the road yesterday. I did more driving yesterday than anyone should ever have to do.
Audio Dispatches: Panthers, Sandinistas, and Colombian Ballads, Oh My!
Don't want to fall out of favor with the NPR folks. It's been a while since I posted some of these, so let's start out with my piece that aired on BBC's The World earlier this week.
Video Dispach: Low-riding picadilly style
Every few days, I check through the newest posts to Reddit, which consistently provides some of the most entertaining, ridiculous and unbelievable links that I just have to share.
A Soldier's Peace
Last night at the end of the Spearhead show, Michael Franti threw out a name I had never heard of before, Marshall Thompson.
Touching the Void's Simon Yates in person
Last night I attended a screening of Touching the Void at our annual mountain film festival here in Taos . The film, which came out in 2004, was based on the book by Joe Simpson.
Notes from the Road - Travels in City and Country
Adding a compliment to one of our posts here at adventurelogue is certainly a good way to get me to check out your website, but I can't guarantee that we'll pimp your pixels, unless of course you've…
Video Dispatch: New Zealand Bungee Jumping
I was turned on to this clip by our friends at World Hum . If you've ever been curious about trying bungee jumping, but always thought it was a bit, well, stupid, Then here's a quick on-the-ground…
Dispatch: Requiem for Ho Chi Minh
His name was Vu Dinh Khoi, a former Viet Cong Commander turned smiling, affable old man.
Dispatch: Kelly McEvers Around the World and on a Vespa
Anybody that can turn their life into one big adventure and live it large all the time truly has my respect.
Dispatch: Khmer Nights in the Real World
In Phnom Penh we visited a friend working with an NGO there. When I asked her about the dating scene for ex-pat guys, a forlorn look of hopeless desolation came over her face.
Photo Dispatch: China's Tiger Leaping Gorge
Tucked away in the Himalayan foothills of Yunnan Province (where an 18,000 peak qualifies as a foothill) on the way to the handful of cities that claim to be the inspiration for the fabled Shangri-La…
Audio Dispatch: Reindeer Herding in Mongolia
During 2004 and 2005, NPR aired a great series of audio postcards called "Worlds of Difference" that featured places around the world that are caught in between two worlds: pre and post…
Audio Dispatch: Border Crossings
If you've never heard of Scott Carrier, you should become familiar with him. He's one of the great adventure journalists of our time, reporting from places most people would never dream of going, and…
Audio Dispatch: Talkeetna, Alaska after-hours
We'll be rounding out our first week here at AdventureLogue with another dispatch from Alaska, this time with a bit of audio provided.