Panorama of the Week: Mango Season in Mumbai
What better time to visit Crawford Market in Mumbai than mango season! Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
11 Comments | 30 May 2011
Monthly Archive: May 2011
Tanzania: My 7th Continent, A Mountain to Climb
This is a story of an old legal pad, a mountain in Africa, and a distant dream of shooting an honest game of golf under 90.
Tucked deep inside a cardboard box in Prague, Czech Republic, there’s a half-torn crumpled piece of yellow legal pad paper that reads somewhere in the middle, scribbled in blue ballpoint: “Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.” Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Africa, Tanzania, Travel by: Daniel Noll
31 Comments | 26 May 2011
Panorama of the Week: Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy
In the medieval Italian hill town of Orvieto, all roads lead to the Piazza del Duomo. And for good reason — it’s there that you’ll find the city’s 14th century Orvieto Cathedral.
It’s as grand and fabulous as it looks in the panorama. Open it to full screen and take it for a spin. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Italy, Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
13 Comments | 23 May 2011
Bali Holiday Week: Volcanoes, Diving, Temples, Cooking
For a relatively small island, Bali can pack in a lot of activities in just a week: volcano-climbing at dawn, diving in coral reefs, cooking traditional Balinese cuisine, visiting Balinese Hindu temples, taking in a traditional Kecak performance, hanging with monkeys, and enjoying a few Balinese massages.
Remember when you’d return to school from summer break and write an essay entitled: What I Did on My Summer Vacation? Well, here’s our modern-day approach to that question: What did we do on our week-long Gap Adventures tour of Bali? Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
16 Comments | 23 May 2011
Rapture Meals, One Last Bite (A Slideshow)
All this talk about the rapture and the end of the world has prompted us to consider the following question: If we had only one meal remaining and we could choose absolutely anything to eat for those last few bites, what would it be? Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Food by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
13 Comments | 21 May 2011
Travel Snobbery and a Tour to Bali
Apparently, it’s easy to be a travel snob. Independent travelers can look down on tour groups as not being “hard core” or “authentic” enough. Luxury travelers can look down on backpackers as cheapskates one notch above street riffraff. Holiday-makers looking to relax with a cocktail on the beach are not “real” travelers while those who are trying to live on $5 a day are “escapists.”
I could go on and on with the stereotypes and slurs that I’ve heard fly in all directions, but that’s not the point. One thing travel can teach you – if you allow it to – is that the world is made up of people whose goals and preferences differ. And those differences — they also apply to travel. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Travel by: Audrey Scott
35 Comments | 19 May 2011
Panorama of the Week: Sunset on Sanur Beach, Bali
A stroll down Bali’s Sanur beach at sunset: kids flying kites, fisherman catching the last fish of the day, boats sitting tight on shore in low tide. All the while, the setting sun creates a light show in a marshmallow sky.
Enjoy this Bali moment. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Indonesia, Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
10 Comments | 16 May 2011
Insider’s Prague: Tourist Traps to Avoid, What to Do, Where to Eat
While we lived in Prague, we were simultaneously awed by its beauty and frustrated by the rapacious tourism development that had swamped its old town. Recently, I’ve read a few blog posts from travelers disappointed by their visits to Prague because of the city’s tourist schlock. Yes, there’s a fair heap of it. But, there are also ways to avoid it.
Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Czech Republic, Europe, Prague, Travel by: Audrey Scott
24 Comments | 15 May 2011
Panorama of the Week: Lost in a Balinese Market
Got lost in a Balinese market today. Open the panorama below to see what we found when poking around the one at Semarapura (Klungkung) on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Indonesia, Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
11 Comments | 9 May 2011
The Dalai Lama on Moms (Plus a Mother’s Day Slideshow)
My real guru to teach me the value of compassion is my mother.
– The Dalai Lama
The other night, we enjoyed a screening of the film Happy. During the film, the Dalai Lama is seen speaking on the topic of mothers and compassion.
He continues: Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Perspectives by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
7 Comments | 7 May 2011
