By land or by sea: Girl power at its coolest.

April 11, 2011Stories - about travel

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller This past Saturday, I had the great opportunity of hearing Ed Stafford speak–an explorer who recently walked the entire length of the Amazon in 860 days, from source to sea (check out his blog here, “Walking the Amazon”). Naturally, he has a book by … Read More

Moving at my own momentum.

February 13, 2011Stories - about travel

“Get a bicycle.  You will not regret it if you live.” — Mark Twain When driving around the North Island of New Zealand last year, I spent a night on the Coromandel Peninsula in a hostel not far from the famous Hot Water Beach. That night I got to know three Germans (well, two Germans … Read More