I’m A “Tsundoku” – How About You? Book lovers will know what I mean – but I didn’t know what that meant until recently! The Japanese word for book collecting is tsundoku (積ん読), which specifically refers to the act of acquiring… Read More ›
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Have You Seen Tristan da Cunha? Here’s The World’s Most Remote Community!
The World’s Most Remote Island Community!Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean lies Tristan da Cunha, an island so isolated that only about 264 people call it home. Talk about getting away from it all – no other place on… Read More ›
Have You Seen The Oldest Rock On Earth? Here’s Incredible – and Isolated -Mount Roraima!
Is This The Oldest Rock On Earth? Well, that’s what I read on the National Geographic Adventure site on Facebook…they didn’t have the credit for the person who was responsible for this photo, but bravo to them for capturing an… Read More ›
Would You Stay At The “Hotel At The End Of The World?” Let’s All Go To Fogo!
Welcome To Fogo Island! Not familiar with the place? It’s OK – Fogo Island is a bucolic getaway off the coast of Newfoundland on the eastern end of Canada…far far away from most of us – and it is known… Read More ›
Who Wants To Live In Paradise? Here Are Some Great Travel Books For Holiday Gifts!
Want To Live In “Paradise?” Imagine walking out to your own slice of heaven every single day…well, I can dream, can’t I? I’ve got some terrific travel books to share with you – they will make great holiday gifts for… Read More ›
Could You Survive 100% On The Water? These “Sea Gypsies” Spend Their Entire Lives Wet!
Experience Life As A “Sea Gypsy!” Can you imagine living your entire life on the water? Well, for a number of nomadic tribes, that is their entire world! Look at this “small town”: This fascinates me – and an amazing… Read More ›
Check Into The Iconic Fogo Island Inn – “The Hotel At The End Of The World!”
Welcome To Fogo Island! Not familiar with the place? It’s OK – Fogo Island is a bucolic getaway off the coast of Newfoundland on the eastern end of Canada…far far away from most of us – and it is known… Read More ›
Could You Live “Faraway?” Lucy Irvine’s South Seas Adventures As A “Castaway!”
“The sun is spread, hot and arched, above the reef like a woman in abandon, sky shimmering like glistening skin…” Yes, it is paradise: this picture of a resort in the Solomon Islands…a gorgeous escape, the adventure of a lifetime…but… Read More ›
“Surviving Paradise!” Living A Year On A South Pacific Island! Blue Lagoons! Swaying Coconut Trees – And Millions Of Flies!
Time For A South Seas Adventure! Imagine that this was your view of home – a south seas island paradise – thousands of miles from anywhere…well, for one adventurous young Teacher, it was home – and he wrote a book… Read More ›
The Life Of A Sea Gypsy! An Entire World Lived On Water 24/7!
Experience Life As A “Sea Gypsy!” Can you imagine living your entire life on the water? As in “24 /7?” Well, for a number of nomadic tribes, that is their entire world! Look at this “small town”: First of all,… Read More ›
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