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Why Ditching Preconceived Notions Can Make For Better Travel
Michael Stout, Flickr
Raise your hand if you've ever had heightened expectations or an ill-informed idea of a destination prior to a trip.
Me too. Many things influence our preconceived ideas about a place: daydreams, prejudice (I'm using this word in its traditional ...Tourists In Safari Car Get Unexpected Passenger (VIDEO)
A terrified impala being pursued by two cheetahs in Kruger National Park made a last ditch move into the window of a nearby safari car (no, it was not a Chevy Impala). Amazingly, college student Samantha Pittendrigh, 20, caught the entire chase on camera. Here's what she ...
A World Health Map
Odra Noel is a scientific artist who has just created and released a piece she called "The Map of Health." The map provides a visual representation of diseases affecting regions of the world. What's more is that she uses depictions of affected body parts by each disease ...Los Angeles County Museum Of Art Inaugurates African Gallery
Royal Museum for Central Africa, RG 22725, photo R. Asselberghs, RMCA Tervuren
The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art is inaugurating its new Africa gallery with an exhibition of art from the Luba Kingdom.
"Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central ...President Obama Pledges Support To End Wildlife Trafficking In Africa
Kraig Becker
While visiting Tanzania earlier this week President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to helping end illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa. The President indicated that he was ready to get serious about stopping poachers by announcing the formation of a special ...5 Ways To Preserve Your Travel Memories (That Don't Involve Photos)
LEOL30, Flickr
If you're an avid traveler, chances are you've experienced some type of fantastical sight, to which no photograph can ever do justice. Talent and camera quality have no bearing whatsoever on the ability to capture this moment, and so you resign yourself to ...Elephant Shatters Tourists' Window On African Safari (VIDEO)
While on safari in South Africa, a group of German tourists had a close encounter with an enraged elephant. Already agitated after fighting with another male, the five-ton animal charged at the vehicle. The tourists thought they were safe, but it took only one tap of the ...
Photo Of The Day: Whirling Dervishes In Sudan
Mark Fischer, Flickr
Dervishes of the whirling variety are most famously associated with Turkey, where they've become something of a tourist attraction throughout the country. But the dervish tradition extends far beyond modern-day gawkers and Turkey's borders. Dervishes ...Travel Dream Jobs: A Conversation With Megan McCormick Of 'Globe Trekker'
Whenever I need a little escape but can't get out of town, I fire up an episode or two of "Globe Trekker" so I can live vicariously through the adventures of travelers like Megan McCormick. Since she started hosting the show in 1997, she's taken viewers to the Greek Islands, ...Mount Fuji And More Designated As UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Midori, Wikimedia Commons
On Saturday, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee announced this year's newly inscribed locations to their list of World Heritage Sites from their 37th session in Cambodia. Each year, the UN agency evaluates the most culturally and naturally ...Photo Of The Day: Djemaa El Fna Market, Marrakesh
Sylvia Wrigley, Flickr
During the day, Marrakesh's famous Djemaa El Fna square is filled with monkey trainers, snake charmers and stands selling the most delicious orange juice you've ever tried. At night, it hosts the best Berber storytellers in Morocco, magicians and ...In Uganda, The Lion Sleeps Tonight
David Farley
Oman was disappointed we didn't see a lion – almost as if it was a reflection of his masculinity. "Maybe tomorrow," he said, a tone of defeat pervading his voice, as he swung our jeep back toward the lodge. I was spending a couple days at Kyambura Lodge ...UNESCO Reports Damage To Timbuktu Worse Than Previously Reported
Emilio Labrador
A team from UNESCO has visited Timbuktu in Mali to make its first on-the-ground assessment of the damage caused by last year's occupation by the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith).
The group took over Timbuktu in April 2012 and imposed a ...Irish Gaelic, Rapa Nui And More Endangered Languages From Around The World
Mariano Kamp, Flickr
There are nearly 7,000 languages spoken throughout the world today, the majority of which are predicted to become extinct by the end of this century. Half the world's population speaks the top 20 world languages - with Mandarin, Spanish and English ...The Best Cup Of Coffee In Uganda
David Farley, AOL
Knowledge, as they saying goes, is power. True. It also leads people to become annoying know-it-alls, Nobel Prize winners, dictators and/or plumbers. For me, though, it just made me a coffee snob.
Let me explain. I've always appreciated good coffee but I ...Coping With Post Holiday Blues
Travel is a beautiful escape from reality. There is no finer way to remove oneself from life's dirty, mundane realities than to plan a trip. Hate your job? Have a broken heart? Bored with your lot in life? Step right up and book a ticket to just about anywhere. The trip ...Video Of The Day: A Quick Look At Morocco
In the short video above, filmmaker Leonardo Dalessandri hurriedly captures life on the streets of Marrakesh, Essaouira, Fes el Bali and Casablanca in Morocco. Through many short glimpses, viewers get a quick overview of North Africa, from colorful urban markets to vast ...
Climbing The Mountain Of God, The World's Weirdest Volcano
huguesn, Flickr
In the northern Arusha region of Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a geological oddity pokes its nose out of the rift valley floor. It's Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts with natrocarbonatite lava.
Natrocarbonatite is half the ...Project Bly Brings World Street Market Culture To You
Courtesy of Shriti Bannerjee, ProjectBly.com
If you are the kind of traveler who lives for digging through flea markets and wandering through souks, you might want to travel over to ProjectBly.com, a new lifestyle website featuring a rotation of world street market ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: What Impact Does Moving Have On Children?
If you're a parent who is interested in an international career, you've probably worried at one point or another what impact your peripatetic lifestyle will have on your kids.
One of the most common questions I get about the Foreign Service is how the lifestyle affects ...
