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On Tragedy, Love, and Hope: Stories from Two Italian Castles

Architectural monuments embody centuries of history, but for Sara Whitestone the parallel stories of love lost told by two Italian castles sent her on a journey of hopeful discovery.

Sara Whitestone

Six New Adventure Trips for 2013

Travelers are always looking and planning for that next big trip. Narrowing down the possibilities can often be difficult. If you are into adventure travel; however, there are numerous possibilities at your fingertips for 2013.

Intrepid Travel

India’s Top Roadside Eateries

India is dotted with small roadside eateries popularly called ‘dhabas’. Aditi Bose takes you through a journey of discovering the top 10 – each with its own specialty and local flavor.

Aditi Bose

From Maine to Spain & Everything In Between

The beauty of traveling is that it’s different for everyone, including Alexandra Sagan Pope who ventured from Maine to Spain and back again.

Alexandra Sagan Pope

The Mumbai Food Trail

Just like anything Mumbai offers, the food can be a sensory overload. You just don’t know where to begin. So, Charles & Revati Victor list the top Mumbai foods that you simply must sample to say you’ve truly tasted Mumbai with more than just a spoon.

Charles & Revati Victor

8 Reasons To Visit Belgrade Now

From hosting Southeast Europe’s biggest beer festivals to housing one of the world’s largest cathedrals, Belgrade’s historic streets and cultural events rival many of Europe’s great cities.

Robin Koning

Gift Guide: 17 Gifts for Indie Travelers

The gifts below will appeal to any indie traveler, no matter where they’re going this year, how much gear they already have, and how they like to travel.

BootsnAll

Giving Thanks to RTW Travelers

A message of gratitude from CEO of the BootsnAll Travel Network, Sean E Keener.

Sean E Keener

The Nairobi Backpackers’ Experience

Often visitors view passing through Nairobi as a necessary weigh station on their way to a safari or the beach; however, the city has many attractions and amenities that merit a second glance.

Dawn Kane

Running While Traveling: Why You Should and How to Go About It

Others may think you’re crazy, but Laura Walker explains why you should run while on your travels, and how to prepare for it.

Laura Walker

Moving to Canada

Jennifer Hough and her partner traded in their jobs in Ireland and moved to Toronto, but not before spending two glorious months crossing the great continent. Be inspired by their journey.

Jennifer Hough

The Real Cost of Traveling the World Like Rolf Potts

Many dream of traveling the world but dismiss it as impossible. Adam Seper is here to go over the nitty-gritty budgeting details of a trip around the world.

Adam Seper

Seeing and Eating Exotic Animals in South Africa

Take a bite of the wild side, with this list of exotic meats paired with South African restaurant and safari recommendations.

Mattie John Bamman

Ten Once in a Lifetime Destinations

This post is brought to you by Intrepid Travel – for travelers with a yearning to get off the beaten track, Intrepid opens up a whole new world of adventure travel. It’s peeking round a street corner and finding a local game of football to join. It’s tasting the best of a country’s cuisine cooked by the

Intrepid Travel

Indie Travel in Vietnam for $30 Per Day

Traveling around Vietnam can be extremely cheap. Extremely expensive. Or anywhere in between. Budget, bare-bones backpackers can probably get around on $10-$15USD per day or less. If you want to pamper yourself by staying in 5-star hotels and eating at the finest restaurants, you can blow through $150USD per day. Then there’s everything in between.

Adam Seper

10 Top Tips to Great Travel Photos

The difference between holiday snapshots and great travel photography is your ability to capture the feel or mood of a scene rather than simply take a picture of a place. Kathryn Weir provides us with a quick checklist of very simple steps to greatly improve your photographic outcome and record your particular journey.

Kathryn Weir

Ten Drinking Games to Entertain You on Your Travels

Between misspent student days and many nights in rainy hostels, Jo Fitzsimons has played more than her fair share of drinking games. When expensive bars have blown your budget and you’re looking for some short, sharp drinking fun to get the hostel party started, here are ten of Jo’s favorite drinking games for you to try.

Jo Fitzsimons

The Survivor’s Guide to Traveling on A Tight Time Scale

For seasoned mini back-packer Marissa Carruthers, exploring the world in bite-sized chunks is just as enriching as round-the-world trips. Here, she shares how to make the most out of travelling on a tight time scale.

Marissa Carruthers

Plan a Trip Around Medieval Castles

People plan trips around many activities: food, hiking, biking, extreme sports, and religious festivals, to name a few. Many people plan RTW travel around historical sites , a good way to understand the history of the places visited and and learn about bygone eras. Historical sites can mean many different things.

Cristina Puscas

How To Eat Like A Local In Sri Lanka

Totally different to Indian fare, Sri Lankan food is unique, delicious and shockingly underrated. Travel blogger and self-confessed foodie Natalie Lyall-Grant explores this little-known cuisine and shows you how to explore Sri Lanka’s customs and culture using your tastebuds.

Natalie Lyall-Grant

Elections, Eels, Castles, and Cathedrals

When Sara Whitestone, an ESL teacher at a university in the United States, had a chance to visit some of her students in France, she jumped at the chance. Read what happens when her students became her teachers.

Sara Whitestone

6 Paranormal Travel Destinations

With Halloween coming up in a couple weeks, it might be a good time to add one of these paranormal destinations to your travel itinerary. Peter Frick-Wright is your spirit guide on this tour.

Peter Frick-Wright

10 MORE of the World’s Most Fascinating Cemeteries

In a sequel to last fall’s article, Anne Supsic “digs up the dirt” once again bringing you more favorite cemeteries based on recommendations from BootsNall readers…

Anne Supsic

Latin America’s Top Six Destinations Right Now

Colorful, candid and everything in between, Latin America beats to the rhythm of an infectious, eternal drum. To help you plan your trip, check out the TOP 6 HOT SPOTS to visit in Latin America!

Intrepid