Heads Up in Corfu: Pottery Flies at Easter on the Greek Island
By Sandra Laurin The smell of lamb roasting on outdoor BBQ spits … streets filled with choirs, bands and religious processions … and clay pots falling from the sky. These are the sounds and sights of Orthodox Easter on the Greek island of Corfu. Every April, hundreds of Corfiots return to their homeland to participate in the biggest…
Heading North — To the Polar Bear
By Barnaby Davies At 80 degrees north, aboard the Professor Molchanov, nobody spoke. The 25-year-old hull creaked in the ice. Camera shutters whirred. Expedition staff and passengers alike were spellbound. A gargantuan male polar bear stood, flat-footed, only a few feet beneath us on the Norwegian pack-ice. Had I leant just a little further over…
360 Degrees of Eagles, Islands, and Waves: All Aboard S.V. Shawmanee
By Dawn-Marie HanrahanMy chilled glass of Pinot Grigio carefully set on the starboard rail of the S.V. Shawmanee barely shimmied as the 65-foot ketch silently sliced through Washington’s coastal waters in Bellingham Bay. Designated the “office photographer” for the August outing, I’d skittered fore and aft capturing each of the 42 mates onboard, and now…
How Realistic is This, Honestly?
Dear Reader, Jen Stevens here again today as your guest editor. I’m sitting in for Lori, who’s still in Paris. People have been calling all week to register for our upcoming Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver. But a handful of skeptical readers, though intrigued by the workshop, have called to ask: How realistic is…
TravelLady.com: Featured Publication
TravelLady.com is an ideal place to send your travel articles if you’ve never been published. Read on for details about the benefits of getting published here…
Paris Report #4: Better Food Photographs
Over the last three days I’ve sent you a series of “what pregnancy can teach you about good photography” tips. If you missed any of them, you’ll find them here: • You don’t need to carry around a lot of equipment • You can cheat and get away with not using a tripod and still…
Travel Better for Less Tip #6: Road Trip, Gas Covered
Travel better for less tip #6: Read on to find out how you can take a free road trip across the country… by transporting someone else’s car from state to state. If you don’t have a car, or you don’t want to put too many miles on yours, this can be a good way to…
Travel Better for Less Tip #5: Where to Find Coupon Codes
Travel Better for Less Tip #5 shows you where to find discount codes that can help you save on your hotel, car rental, or show tickets when you plan your summer vacation. Read on for details…
Travel Better for Less Tip #4: Will Garden for Food and Board
Travel for Better Less Tip #4 offers free room and board here in the U.S. and around the world from France to Argentina to New Zealand to Cameroon, it’s most ideal for travelers with a green thumb.
Ormiston Gorge: Jewel of the West McDonnell Ranges
By Claudia RileyA Perentie lizard moves ponderously across the riverbed, its forked tongue flicking in and out, tasting the air, looking for food. The quiet whir and click of digital camera shutters is the only sound on a breathlessly hot afternoon as tourists capture memories of a day out in the Australian bush. Ormiston Gorge…
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