December, 2006 Photo Contest

Where Was This Photo Taken? Think you can identify this world famous partition? Last Month's Winner Congratulations to Matt Diehl, a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, who correctly named the location of the photo we ran in our November issue. The photo was taken in southeastern Morocco, (178 km from M’Hamid) along the main road from Ourzazate to Zagora in the famed Draa Valley, with a view of the Anti-Atlas mountains. We shipped Matt a very snazzy little piece of luggage to his posting in Morocco for ...

Greyhound Diaries

This year we heard about all kinds of unconventional travel, and how people use travel not only to explore beautiful landscapes, but also draw attention to issues such as environmental conservation and poverty. Singer/songwriter and friend since undergraduate days in upstate N.Y., Doug Levitt, brings us another wonderful example of the Unconventional Issue-Oriented Adventure. Trading in his successful gig as a journalist working in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Iran several years ago, Doug recently completed his second ...

Going Gobi with Global Sojourns

Priscilla Macy had a career in international development before launching her self-proclaimed "labor of love," Global Sojourns. Given her knowledge and experience working in developing countries, it comes as no surprise that her hand-crafted trip itineraries are of the highest caliber. She offers only a handful of small group trips with unusually specialized itineraries each year. For her Mongolian cycle trip, the team flies south from the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator to Three Camels Lodge, located in the Gobi Desert adjacent to Gobi ...