Partway through the final push toward Low’s Peak, our group moved in near silence, one slow step at a time on steep granite. Then the guide stopped and pointed at a break in the horizon:…
If you’ve done a big commercial winery tour in Tuscany, you probably remember the steel tanks, the quick pour, and the gift shop at the end. Our guests often tell us that’s exactly why they…
A Star Ferry ride across Victoria Harbour costs HK$5 on a weekday. That’s about PHP 40, and it gives you one of the best skyline views in Asia. Hong Kong has a reputation for being…
No one forgets their first lion in the wild, walking the plain or dozing in the sun. But at Karibu Kenya, we’ve learned that the trips our guests talk about years later aren’t only the…
The ginkgo trees on Jingu Gaien’s famous avenue are forecast to turn gold around 26 November this year, a little later than most Filipinos expect. That one date changes your whole trip. Book for the…
There’s a moment in every class we teach when the room goes quiet. Someone has rolled and folded their sheet of dough, cut it into ribbons, and slid the flat of a knife underneath. They…
Sydney had been on our travel list for a LONG time, but somehow, despite travelling the world full-time since 2008, we had never made it to Australia until recently. We finally fixed that and spent…
Most people who visit Sintra spend the morning at Pena Palace, take the photo of the yellow and red towers, and leave believing they’ve seen the place. They haven’t. In my years guiding visitors through…
Winter Camping in the South: Where to Go and How to Prepare Winter camping in the South works because the season flips. From December into early spring, desert parks that pass 100 degrees in summer…
The job offer says EUR 600 a month. That’s about PHP 42,300, more than double what a minimum-wage job in Metro Manila pays. It sounds like a lot, until you remember that rent, food and…