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A Guide for First Time Flyers
Traveling by plane is a whole different experience. Here is a short list of some tips/tricks/pointers to help you take on the world by air.
By Rachel K7 years ago in Wander
New Orleans Originals
New Orleans is full of tourist traps from tours, to museums, to specialty stores, so while it may seem best to do them all if you can, here's a few that are particularly worthwhile.
By Kristen Barenthaler7 years ago in Wander
How to Celebrate Michigan in the Winter
Michigan wears winter well. Our roads are among the worst in the nation, but dang is that snow pretty when it glistens in the sunlight. Snowmen, snow forts, snow angels, snow fights, snow and ice festivals...so many activities to enjoy!
By Crysta Coburn7 years ago in Wander
Tears and Fears in Kakum National Park. Top Story - January 2019.
"Don't look down," I whisper to myself. Ahead of me lies my nemesis, two planks with a rope handle hanging over empty space. Never a fan of heights, I consider backing out and heading down the mountain. The faces of several small children half my height eagerly walking across the bridge make me swallow my fears and step on the shaky boards. The pit in my stomach grows larger but my ego goads me on. My pride demands that I don't wimp out in front of these children. I stare fixedly ahead and slowly place one foot in front of the other, my fingers clenching the rope handle in a death grip.
By Jenny Beck7 years ago in Wander
Bashing the Beach in St Aubin's
Starting the Morning's Adventures From where we were having breakfast at the Somerville Hotel we could fully appreciate the wide sweeping arc of St Aubin’s Bay as it stretched around to St Helier. The buildings waiting and watching for the tide to come back in glinted in the sun. The beach was a pale pastel yellow that only Turner could do any artistic justice to. The water was a pale wash of green and blue with a border of pure white where the waves hit the shore. This was too good a day for staying in.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Wander
Road to Home
Road trips are fine and all, but it was beginning to feel very lonely. I wasn’t actually feeling particularly lonely, just very alone. At first it was invigorating, driving without a destination in mind, no one telling me where to go, but I missed authentic conversation. Then again I didn’t mind having all this time to myself. I hadn’t had any time to myself until this adventure began. I was becoming very bored with the food choices though, I can only enjoy Taco Bell so many times. I had been driving for 19 days. I already had been through the mountains covered in reaching trees, valleys with sweeping grasses, prairies with wild animals roaming as they please and now I was by the ocean. When I left I was looking for a fresh start, but now I was looking for anywhere that felt like home. I thought I had found that place a few times, once far away from any other city in the middle of the woods of Montana and once in a small town in North Carolina. Those were both missing something though, and I could almost reach out and feel it, but not quite.
By Ashlee :)7 years ago in Wander
Different Ways to Approach Long-Term Travel
If you really want to see the world and experience everything there is beyond your hometown, then the only real way to do that is through long-term travel. This will allow you to spend more than enough time in various places so you’ll have a chance to see everything you want to see without having to rush through and only catch the big tourist attractions.
By Brittnay Sharman7 years ago in Wander
The Somerville Hotel, St. Aubin's, Jersey
Arrival After meeting my wife at the bus stop in St. Aubin’s, we took a short walk along the sea front where restaurants looked out over the harbour. Then up a steep hill and there at the top of the hill the welcoming lights of the Somerville Hotel. And thankfully, it was as warm as I had hoped back at the bus stop back in St. Helier.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Wander
Reality RV
It's everyone's dream to sell everything you own and travel this beautiful country in an RV. No clocks or time constraints. Nowhere in particular that you need to be. If you don't like the neighborhood, you can break camp and find another one. I'm never been without a roof over my head and food in my stomach while my family and I explore the highways and byways of America, seeing sights some will never see. The bright blue of a cloudless Colorado sky. The ocean off the coast of Oregon. The field in Pennsylvania where United flight 93 crashed on that fateful September day. The swamps of southern Georgia and the masterpiece that is Mount Rushmore. Nothing is out of reach.
By Phoenixx Fyre Dean7 years ago in Wander
Italy
I have a love-hate relationship with Italy. The sun-drenched strip of landscape is dotted with fruit plantations, vineyards, stocky stone buildings, and ridiculous drivers, all tied together by huge, loud families running farms and restaurants with all manner of foodstuffs incomparable to anything you've ever put in your mouth before.
By J. P. Dunn7 years ago in Wander
Adolescence Around the World. Top Story - December 2018.
How different is it to be an adolescent or an emerging adult in a different part of the world? Even though the physical changes of puberty are similar among everyone, cultures differ in how they respond to those changes and when they define themselves as an adult and not teenagers anymore. Culture affects different aspects of young people lives, their relationships with parents, schoolmates, and even their sexuality to their media use.
By Di Rocha7 years ago in Wander
Jersey Revisited
The X15 soon had me transported from the airport to the bus station in St Helier. Where the buses offload their passengers, the lighting is similar to Security in Southampton Airport that I had passed through about 90 minutes ago. Inside the cavernous hall are a few inquiry desks and some seating in the same design as at the airport. All designed to let bus passengers know they are welcome to spend even less time here than back at the airport.
By Alan Russell7 years ago in Wander