by John Miller | Nov 7, 2012 | Adventure Travel, Destinations, Featured, Fitness, Fitness, Balance & Wellness
Daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner recently captivated the world with his 24-mile leap from the edge of space to a nice soft landing in the New Mexico desert. During his leap into history, Baumgartner reached speeds of 834 miles an hour. Well, damn. In honor of...
by John Miller | Oct 4, 2012 | Active Travel, Adventure Travel, Featured, Fitness, Fitness, Balance & Wellness
This Friday, October 5th is the 50th of the first James Bond film, Dr. No. Over the last five decades, 007 has traversed the globe while battling bad guys, and he’s always done it style. But he hasn’t always… uh… made healthy choices. And sometimes it showed, like...
by John Miller | Aug 10, 2012 | Food, Drink & Diet, Packing & Preparing, Travel Guides
We’ve been discussing how to behave yourself when you’re visiting a foreign land; what are the specific expectations of etiquette when traveling, and what does your body language say about you in various countries? In Part 3 of our series on travel etiquette, we look...
by John Miller | Jul 31, 2012 | Packing & Preparing, Travel Guides
When you travel to a new place, you usually have some concern over making sure you adhere to local customs and etiquette practices (assuming you have some level of self-awareness). What’s the proper greeting? How do I cross my legs without offending someone? Is my...
by John Miller | Jul 19, 2012 | Packing & Preparing, Travel Guides
We love to travel, but getting there can be hell. Air travel in 2012 is typically inconvenient, but as wise folks often say, it is what it is. But compounding the inconvenient reality of flying to an exciting new destination is a seeming explosion of rudeness that...