by Lindsay Colip In my opinion, one of the best perks in life is being able to take a romantic vacation with the one you love. These little getaways essentially bring you closer together and remind you why you’re in love. You have plenty of alone time without work or family bothering you and you…
by Sheila Gaspers Gauguin, French Impressionist Artist and Polynesia’s beloved long-time resident, summed up “Island Life” well in his controversial art piece “Be in Love and You will be Happy”. Since the early 1700’s, romantics and explorers have been enslaved in a love affair with the islands. The unparalleled exotic beauty of Polynesia and the…
by Allison Neves Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books that you would order through the Scholastic book club when you were a kid? You know… the ones that allowed you, the reader, to be a double agent or a famous celebrity or even a swashbuckling pirate? If you recall, with those books…
by Meghan E. Miller It was March, tax time. I fought hard but the tears came anyway, staining the papers and making my accountant uncomfortable. “But I was planning a holiday,” I wept as I struggled to grasp how much the IRS demanded. Not just any holiday either, it was intended to be one of…
by Lisa McCallum Pete and I are sharing my first pizza since I left America. We’re at a restaurant near the beach outside Nadi, Fiji. I’m biding my time near Nadi until my plane leaves for Auckland. “I knew when I met you on the beach that you would be an interesting person,” Pete says…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva When Guatemalans mention the gringos who have come to live in their country, they usually point to American expats who have mansions, servants and fancy cars. Deet Lewis, who has lived in Guatemala for almost 16 years, is a completely different type of gringo. A psychological counselor, massage…
by Rick Steves Travel can make you a poet. Travel can be spiritual. You meet people on the road you’d never meet otherwise. Traveling rearranges your cultural furniture, challenging truths you assumed were self-evident and God-given. By traveling, you learn not only about the people and places you visit — you learn about yourself. But…