by Beth Holmes | Apr 26, 2021 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Thirty-five years after the disaster, the name Chernobyl still evokes desolation. Everyone has seen images of the nearby city of Pripyat, abandoned one spring day in 1986 and never lived in again. But the reality is not nearly so isolated. Pripyat and the Chernobyl...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | International, News
Mount Everest has been closed for a year, due to the global pandemic that’s closed pretty much everything else. It may seem like outdoor sports ought to have been spared, but locals don’t climb Everest for themselves, so everyone who comes to do so has to travel....
by Admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Art & Culture, Business, International
In 2005, Auckland businessman John Bedogni wanted somewhere to ride his horse, shoot a six-shooter, throw his cowboy hat in the air, and ride into the sunset of Western fantasy. Instead of booking an experience vacation in Colorado like most people would, Bedogni...
by Admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Art & Culture, International
The Hajj pilgrimage, an obligate part of traditional Islam, happens from the eighth to the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the lunar Islamic calendar (In 2021, that means July 17 to 22). Observant Muslims will travel to the Kaaba, a sacred site in the...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | International, News, Travel
On February 10, 2021, UK transportation secretary Grant Shapps said in a television statement that British citizens might not be allowed to travel abroad until all adults in the country have received a coronavirus vaccine. It wasn’t an official statement, but a...
by Admin | Nov 30, 2020 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
In August 2017, a total solar eclipse was considerate enough to travel across most of the United States, beginning in Oregon, curving through the heartland, passing directly over Nashville, Tennessee before passing off of the coast in South Carolina. Millions of...
