Tagged With "Trips"
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Re: Shunpiking Through Northern Pennsylvania
What fun! I love a good road trip and I enjoyed reading about your...great photos!
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Re: Shunpiking Through Northern Ohio
I enjoy your journeys around " Small Town USA". The US has such a wealth of history. You should write a book so that Brits like me know where to search for new ventures - ready for my next trip across the pond. Thank You.
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Re: August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
I know it's high up, but there is still an awful lot of snow up there. What time of year did you take the photos, Samantha?
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Re: August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
Hi there DrFumblefinger, it was the middle of May! Crazy huh? lol
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 17, 2014: Cobble Stone Square in Aix-en-Provence
Aix is a favorite with us, even though we've spent only limited time there...but long enough to have posted a Picture of the Day featuring the local market , not far from the scene of your picture...it's really a great walking town.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 17, 2014: Cobble Stone Square in Aix-en-Provence
An evocative image, Islandman, and no -- I can't think of any place this could be but France. Thanks for sharing the photo and the story behind it!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 17, 2014: Cobble Stone Square in Aix-en-Provence
You sure captured France!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 17, 2014: Cobble Stone Square in Aix-en-Provence
Draws me in...and back to my days in Provence, too many years ago. Thanks for the reminder of France's southern beauty.
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Re: Anatomy of a Trip (beyond eating & drinking...mostly)
I certainly look forward to hearing and seeing more of your in-the-field reports about Oaxaca, esp the markets. Hope you're having a wonderful trip, PM!
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Re: Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go?)
While I've never (unfortunately) been away long enough to worry my insurance company, the rest of the tale feels so familiar—all the possibilities spread out before me, all the questions, the doubts and self-doubts, and finally the sense of really "owning" the journey. I'm looking forward to the rest!
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Re: Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go?)
I have to say, i have never seen that much bouncing around of flights, except when one of my daughters took Air Pakistan to Europe in the mid-90's. I am also looking forward to what else happens with your trip.
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Re: Anatomy of a Trip (Why Oaxaca?)
Traveling can definitely be an addiction. I feel there are so many Mexican dishes to choose from.
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Re: Anatomy of a Trip (Mezcal for the Uninitiated)
So I'm dying to know....Is this your drink?????
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Re: Road-Trip in Patagonia: El Chalten to Torres del Paine
Such a magnificent and beautiful place. I think the vast remoteness adds to the appeal of Patagonia. One of my top bucket list places to visit some day. Thank you for the awesome pictures.
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Re: The (Long and Winding) Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Some wonderful pix of Australia that bring back so many memories of my visits Islandman I could look at those rock formations for hours. Looking into a million years of history. Australia is certainly like nowhere else on Earth and every day is a fascinating adventure. Certainly is a well written comprehensive Blog you've presented. I've enjoyed it. Thanks.
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Re: The (Long and Winding) Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Thanks for sharing this interesting and most beautiful roadtrip with us, Islandman! Another one for my bucketlist.
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Re: The (Long and Winding) Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Wow Islandman ,thank you for this blog. it really moved Australia up on my list. When i saw your photo of the Loch Ard Gorge i immediately thought of the Calanques near Marseilles, France .
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Coast-to-coast road trip...without a driver
Well, sort of without a driver. Delphi Automotive had a driver on board its highly-automated Audi S5, but only to a) satisfy local laws, and b) help out a bit less than 1% of the time as the Audi SQ5 which was chosen for its looks. Delphi added the...
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Travelocity survey: What bugs you on road trips?
This may be one of the best road trip years ever, with much lower gas prices than over the past few...and Travelocity's new survey of 1000 potential vacationers says that 65% more are considering a road trip than were thinking about it last year....
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A man, a dog, and 300,000 miles by motorcyle
Remember Travels with Charley? Move over, John Steinbeck. Here's another story of a man on a mission, traveling America's roads with his dog—and this time it's by motorcycle. The journey began several years ago, when Ara Gureghian's son...
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American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, Amarillo, TX
Samantha explores this museum dedicated to a favorite American breed, and shares the excitement with us.
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July 12, 2017: Road Trippin' with Our Fur Babies
Samantha and her husband love to travel with their two small furry friends, and the pictures show why!
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July 11, 2017: North Yorkshire Landscapes
Paul Hunter shares more shots from his travels in North Yorkshire, North York Moors area, and the Yorkshire Dales in summer.
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August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
Join Samantha for an excursion to the San Juan Mountains, and to this scenic pass on the Continental Divide.
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August 9, 2017: - Treasure Falls, CO
It's a 105-foot cascade that's 'pretty darn cool;' waterfall-lover Samantha says it's worth the hike!
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Feb. 26, 2020: Welcome to New Mexico
Samantha shares some pictures of the Road Signs she saw while traveling to New Mexico last October.
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University of Oklahoma, Home of Sooners Football
Samantha and her husband pay an unplanned visit to the University of Oklahoma Sooners' stadium. The found some of the nicest fans.
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Oklahoma Sooners Football - The University of Oklahoma
Samnatha and her husband enjoy a visit to the home of Sooners football, and find some of the nicest fans.
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Man Uses Bitcoin to Pay for Yearlong Trip
Felix Weis, a freelance computer programmer from Luxembourg, is on a year long trip to 21 countries intending to use bitcoin to pay for it. He started in January and has been to 14 countries so far. A lot of times he's had to explain what...
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Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go?)
To date, all my travel stories on TravelGumbo have been in the past tense. And all my travels out of the country have been multi-month, multi-country affairs. Now, after a move home to California and short adventures closer to home,...
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Anatomy of a Trip (Why Oaxaca?)
In a word, food. More on the subject later. I’ve lived most of my life between 10 and 500 miles from Mexico. For 24 years my house was 10 miles from the port of entry at Naco, Arizona/Sonora, in Bisbee, 1988 to...
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Anatomy of a Trip (planning begins in earnest)
I love planning a trip and that may have been what kept me thinking about the next one, even when I wasn’t sure there would be a next one. After a couple of decades traversing the planet, the process of putting them together had...
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Anatomy of a Trip (Mezcal for the Uninitiated)
from: PortMoresby to: Al vin Starkman date: Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 2:45 PM subject: Mezcal for the Uninitiated. Greetings Alvin - I'm going to be in Oaxaca for 3 weeks, beginning in late...
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Anatomy of a Trip (beyond eating & drinking...mostly)
I believe I mentioned, or alluded to, the fact that roaming the earth alone has lost its glow. If there’s an English language library in a foreign place, it’s a magnet for me, just to visit and admire, if not to officially...
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Americans still love road trips: 71% will take one this summer
A new Harris Poll tells us what we must have known. Beyond cruises and flights, the classic road trip is still the popularity winner for U.S. vacationers, with 71% planning some sort of road trip this summer. The poll, based on 2215 U.S....
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Your Health, Business Travel, and Taking Advantage of a Hotel Spa
Jessica Kane offers some suggestions on how to take some of the stress out of a demanding business trip
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Best Trips of 2014: National Geographic
National Geographic Traveler has posted its top destination list for 2014. U.S. must-sees on the list include New Orleans and Rocky Mountain National Park, but, as the magazine puts it, the list goes "from Argentina to Oz." Click HERE for...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 17, 2014: Cobble Stone Square in Aix-en-Provence
On a recent visit to Marseilles in southern France, we took a day trip by train to Aix-en-Provence. It was a pleasant 50 or so minute ride in a clean, comfortable and modern carriage, and the passing scenery of Provence was...
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Shunpiking Through Northern Pennsylvania
Taking a road trip is one of Jonathan L's favorite things...and he loves to “shunpike,” taking the smaller highways instead of the interstates
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Shunpiking Through Northern Ohio
Continuing his off-the-Interstates trip to Minnesota, Jonathan L stops to see the sights of northern Ohio.
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Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 2
Part 2 of Samantha's series on how you can save BEFORE you travel!
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$299 Round Trip Paris from NYC/BOS/BWI
Wow Air, the Icelandic discounter, has some under $300 fares to Paris from New York, Boston and Baltimore...but you'll need to move fast!
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7 Simple Ways to Get Your Car Ready For a Summer Road Trip
Mark Hilton offers suggestions on how to get your car ready for that all important summer road-trip (sponsored content)
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July 24, 2019: Los Pollos Hermanos (Twisters) – Albuquerque, NM
While in Alberquerque New Mexico, Samantha and her husband did their own version of the Breaking Bad tour. Of course, one of the stops had to include Los Pollos Hermanos - aka Twisters.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 27, 2014: The Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember one of my teachers showing my class a photo of some really interesting and eerie looking trees. Being quite young at the time, I thought the picture was really cool, but unfortunately...
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Road-Trip in Patagonia: El Chalten to Torres del Paine
Some snapshots and memories of a roadtrip across the empty Patagonian steppe.
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Flier alert: New rules bump multi-city fares
An airline rule change has created sticker shock for fliers used to buying multi-city itineraries as the majors chase low-end business.
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Re: July 11, 2017: North Yorkshire Landscapes
Really beautiful evocative views - things I miss about Yorkshire - drystone walls, limestone crags and a sense of space on the doorstep of even large towns
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Re: July 11, 2017: North Yorkshire Landscapes
Beautiful landscapes, Paul! Thanks for sharing these!