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Earth, Water, Fire, Air // Utuado, Puerto Rico Yoga Retreat

Earth, Water, Fire, Air // Utuado, Puerto Rico Yoga Retreat

I thumbed past a magazine article that read “A Road Trip Down Puerto Rico’s La Ruta Panoramica” with a subhead promising a rugged 167 mile “scenic route” that leads to waterfalls, coffee plantations and a wild side of the island you won’t forget. The images were of...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Amateur Traveler

Travel Blog Spotlight: Amateur Traveler

From Mobile, to Kimodo, to Manitoba, Chris Christensen has covered it all. Well, not personally, perhaps, but his combo blog/vlog/podcast, Amateur Traveler, has taken on travel to just about everywhere. Seriously. What started more than eight years ago as passion has...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Wander the Map

Traveling with a partner can be tricky... but Jenna and Micah do it all the time. Even better, they write about it on Wander the Map, a collection of stories -- and really great photos -- about their adventures around the country, and the globe. A corporate maven with...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Being in Awe

Travel Blog Spotlight: Being in Awe

"Stay in awe with the world." So say Gadi and Tun, two Israeli transplants to China who craft the travel blog, Being In Awe. A combination of travels stories, interviews, a healthy slew of advice, and even instructions on how to live the expat life, Being in Awe is...

Travel Blog Spotlight: The World Wanderer

Travel Blog Spotlight: The World Wanderer

What would you do if you were a single woman traveling alone in the African brush? According to Erin Marie Musich: Jump right in! The 29-year-old teacher and self-described indie traveler is the mind (and hands) behind the blog The World Wanderer -- a combination of...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Lucid Practice

Travel Blog Spotlight: Lucid Practice

"To be lucid is to truly be alive." So begins the explanation of Lucid Practice -- the method by which one lives fully engaged, and fully conscious of one's thoughts and actions. It's also the base off of which Brian Levine, Paz Romano, Kate Reder, and Danielle...

Travel Blog Spotlight: My Tan Feet

Travel Blog Spotlight: My Tan Feet

When US-born Samantha met Costa Rican native Yeison on a Central American excursion, it was love at first sight... But it wasn't until a few years later that Samantha decided to uproot and move south to join Yeison in Costa Rica -- a move that, as Samantha states, was...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Tracie Travels

Travel Blog Spotlight: Tracie Travels

As travel bloggers, we tend to have an obsession with wanderlust. And as any good blogger will tell you, when taking into account all there is to begin your journey, age ain't nothin' but a number. Enter: Tracie Travels -- one of the more stunning travel blogs to hit...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Traveldudes

Travel Blog Spotlight: Traveldudes

For Travelers, By Travelers... That's the name of the game for Traveldudes, a website that collects stories and first-hand travel tips from folks who are in the midst of their journeys. Did a local let you know about a hidden beachside bar? Did you stumble upon the...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Go, See, Write

Travel Blog Spotlight: Go, See, Write

Michael Hodson is serious about wedding toasts. He loves wind-up watches and he's received more comments on his habitually untied sneakers than just about anything else. But apparently you don't need laces to make your way across 54 countries over the course of 16...

Travel Blog Spotlight: Alex in Wanderland

Travel Blog Spotlight: Alex in Wanderland

It's not the first time we've heard of 'round-the-world travel becoming the ultimate rabbit hole... But Alexandra Baackes takes it to a whole new level. In 2009 she left New York for a two-month trip, a jaunt that inspired her to embark on full-time travel in 2011....

Travel Blog Spotlight: Travelista Teri

Travel Blog Spotlight: Travelista Teri

When it comes to travel blogging, Teri Johnson takes it to a whole new level. Her website, Travelista Teri is less of a traditional blog and more of a network of her writing and videos from her online travel show -- Travelista TV -- both featuring a hefty smattering...

So, what do you do?

So, what do you do?

What do you do? That simple question can open up a whole can of philosophical worms that have the ability to force you to consider your own life achievements in the context of whatever social mores exist around you. Or it can simply be a question. How you choose to...