A Day in Carmel-by-the-Sea
By Erin Michelle FavertyCarmel-by-the-Sea has a special appeal in the early hours before the main shops open on Ocean Avenue at 10:00 am. On most days a silent fog covers the village and muffles the morning sounds, creating the calm, peaceful impression of being held in a soft blanket by the town. In these hours…
A Pleasant, Enjoyable Alternative to Roatan’s Hotels and Resorts
By Llyn WrenYour heart beats with anticipation as you enter the small terminal on the island of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras in the Caribbean. Your eyes scan the crowd, searching for the sign with your name on it. A huge smile crosses the face of the owner of One Fish Two Fish Charters & Island…
Mount Baker Ski Area
By Burt DeeterITWPA MemberLooking for a hill where the powder is plentiful and the lift lines are short? Look no further than Mount Baker Ski Area. Easily accessible from both Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle, WA, Mount Baker holds the current World Record Snowfall with 1,140 inches during the 1998/99 year. The yearly average snowfall…
Family-Friendly Ski Resort in the French Pyrenees
By Lucy CulpepperITWPA MemberThe ski town of Cauterets, in France’s Hautes-Pyrenees department, has a lot to offer a family with mixed interests or varying skiing abilities. This historic town first became a tourist destination back in the 16th century when Queen Marguerite of Navarre visited with her court to take, and bathe in, the mineral-rich…
Five Hot Online Travel Trends You Can Write about in 2011
Looking for new places to sell your travel stories? Travel Writer Roy Stevenson gives us the top travel trends for 2011 and a list of publications where you might sell your articles.
Writing Trends: Three to Write Now
Writing trends: Read on for three trends to write about, right now…
Travel Stock Photos from Thailand
This is one of my favorite shots from last week’s Thailand Photo Expedition: It’s not fit for stock because I don’t have model releases for the people in it. It might also be too dark for stock. But that’s ok — I wouldn’t want to spend an entire trip to Thailand concentrating on nothing but…
Pictures from Thailand and How to Break an Egg with One Hand
Thai cooking instructor Yui held up her hand and crisply snapped her fingers. “You want to crack an egg with one hand? It’s just like snapping your fingers.” Snap. As the slippery noodles soaked up their sauce in my wok, my Pad Thai was almost complete. All it needed was the egg which I was…
Thailand Report: How to Make a Thai Smile
Rich Wagner here, writing to you from Bangkok, Thailand on the first day of our photo expedition. I’m happy to report that the easiest and fastest way to make a Thai person smile is to simply point a camera at him! Yesterday I took over 800 pictures. It’s a confession, not a boast. As a…
Video Tip: Photographing Buildings and Monuments
Rich and Bonnie are in Thailand this week with nine of our readers exploring and photographing both Bangkok and Chiang Mai. I’ll send pictures and reports from their trip next week. In the meantime, below is a video tip Rich made for us on our last photo expedition in Rome. If you need to point…
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