The Netherlands’ second largest city, Rotterdam, is very different from its largest city, Amsterdam. While Amsterdam is old-world architecture, Rotterdam is a very modern city. The reason for that is because, except for a small handful of buildings, the city of Rotterdam was obliterated in less than 15 minutes by a World War II bombing campaign. Rather than trying to rebuild in its old style, the people of Rotterdam decided to show their resiliency by using the devastation as an opportunity to start over with innovative and creative architecture. The result… [Read More]
Gay Guy Goes Gay China – discovering Gay Beijing
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Shining Rock Wilderness
The Author on top of Shining RockFinally, I made it out to Shining Rock in the Shining Rock Wilderness of Western North Carolina. Nestled within the huge Pisgah National Forest, the Shining Rock Wilderness surrounds the pinnacle of this attraction: Shining Rock. There are a couple of ways into this marble dome mountain, the route I chose and have walked before, was coming from Black Balsam’s parking area where it’s about a six mile hike one way into the wilderness. Or you could opt to park… [Read More]
Amsterdam Vacation: Things to Do and Neighborhoods to Visit
Amsterdam is one of Europe’s most popular vacation spots. Based on feedback from 100,000 millennials, Amsterdam came in number two for most popular travel destinations on earth. That’s not a huge surprise considering Amsterdam is a picturesque city of canals, architecture, world-famous museums, and more bicycles than people. It’s also very affordable. All of … [Read More]
Gay Guide Lisbon – discovering the gay scene
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REVIEW – Vasque Mindbender Trail Running Shoe
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4Sevens Titanium Whistle
Looking for possibly the smallest and lightest whistle on the market? Well, check out the Titanium Whistle by 4Sevens. It is an investment at $20, but the return is a 100 decibel pea-less whistle about the size of a few wooden matches. It weighs .2 oz, or 5.6 grams. As far as I know, this is the most elite of whistles for lightweight backpackers – small, loud and light, and let’s not [Read More]
Shining Rock Wilderness: Cold Mountain Hike
I set off to summit Cold Mountain at 6pm on Friday, June 24th. After two and a half grueling hours of hauling my Osprey Aether 60 up from Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp (2650ft), I finally found Deep Gap (5000ft). I was concerned for a while that I had taken a wrong turn somehow since the Art Loeb trail (starting at the BS Camp) has no blazes. I camped for the night at 5000ft at Deep Gap. When … [Read More]
Volunteer in Kenya with Freedom Global, Make a Difference
We’d always liked the idea of combining travel and volunteering. We’d talked about voluntourism. We’d thought about voluntourism. But we’d never actually done it. There are lots of excuses, like a lot of volunteer trips are weeks or months long, which is hard for people like us with limited vacation time, or we’d think about volunteering for a day or two during a trip, but then the schedule got too full. Then one day a friend was talking about an upcoming trip to Kenya, a trip that would be a week and a half, a trip … [Read More]
Ama Dablam: Elias & Team Trek to the Base of Cho Oyu
We trekked to the base of Cho Oyu, where the seldom expeditions that climb is south side set their Base Camp. [Read More]
5 Fun Things to Do in Saas-Fee Switzerland in Summer
Saas-Fee is a premier skiing village in the Valais region of Switzerland, so why were we traveling to Saas-Fee in summer? It wasn’t for the skiing, though Saas-Fee is unique because you can ski there year-round. While winter is Saas-Fee’s most popular season for travelers, summer is less crowded and there are many fun things to do in Saas-Fee in summer. Saas-Fee is one of those little Swiss villages that is a tourist … [Read More]
5 Reasons Why You’ll Want the Swiss Travel Pass
To drive or to take the train, that is the question. In Switzerland, the answer is to take the train! There is no place on earth that provides better train travel than Switzerland, and it is made so easy with the Swiss Travel Pass. If you’re not sure whether it’s worth getting a Swiss Travel Pass for your trip to Switzerland, here are five reasons why you’ll want to get a Swiss Travel Pass. Swiss Public Transportation is Punctual . . . AlwaysThere’s a reason… [Read More]
Sarasota! Not Saratoga
I waited on a very long line to get a cab back to Manhattan from LGA. Naturally, the driver’s first question, “Where to lady?” The second question, “Where have you been?” I told him I was back in NYC after visiting Sarasota for a few days. “Oh, Saratoga! Isn’t that in upstate New York?” I added more… [Read More]
Ama Dablam: Elias & Team Trek to 5,000 meters, Ready to Start Their Climb
We reached for the second time the altitude of 5000 meters in our acclimatizing trek, going over Renjo Pass. [Read More]
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