Olga Kurac

Unique company baabaazuzu of Michigan wins the prize for doing double good. Their hats and scarves are made from upcycled sweaters that would have otherwise been thrown away. On a hipper vibe check out Battenwear hats, which are made in NYC and California. Overland has a great name for travelers and the New Mexico-based company has a variety of vented hats that are made for adventure.

The readers of this blog are travelers (eventually again…) and adventurers who enjoy the outdoors. So I know you probably buy a healthy amount of travel apparel, outdoor clothing, and luggage. As we go from full unemployment one month to record unemployment the next though, how can you help your fellow countrymen and women who are suddenly suffering?

The Morocco Getaway is for women who are looking to explore an exotic location together while making lifetime friendships with like minded people.

Join host Becky van Dijk on a tour of Morocco, including staying in luxurious riads, exploring the best of Marrakech, and a once in a lifetime luxury glamping experience in the Sahara Desert!

Should you fly on American Airlines while its namesake country still doesn’t have this virus anywhere close to under control?

The African country of Eritrea is small, mysterious, and cut off from the world in many respects. Sophia Erickson finds that it’s also a bit schizophrenic in its history and influences depending on which city you’re in. See Traveling Eritrea, in the Ruins of Lost Empires.

The latest issue of Perceptive Travel is out now, with one story from me about what I was doing in the last February before the lockdowns: skiing in Idaho. This is a narrative on my time exploring eight different ski resorts in the southern half of the state, all within a few hours of either Boise or Twin Falls. See it here: A Wealth of Open Spaces at the Ski Resorts in Idaho.

My real education began, however, when I got invited on a press trip to tequila country 15 years ago, way back in 2006. We started sipping at our hotel after arrival and barely stopped until it was time to catch our flights days later. In that time we visited lowland distilleries, highland distilleries, and the town of Tequila itself. Companies showered us with so many samples for our article research that I bought a new leather bag in Tlaquepaque to check in for the flight home to carry them. By the time that trip finished, I knew more than a little about the process and the flavor profiles.

Hi round-up on here every month of what had come out in Perceptive Travel, the narrative online magazine featuring long-read stories from book authors. This publication founded in 2006 is still going strong and you can read the current issue here. In my clean-up of this blog’s archives over the past couple years, however, I found that these monthly round-ups weren’t getting much traffic a year later so I stopped

Сама я спортивная, люблю путешествовать, вкусно готовлю
i`m sporty, love traveling and communication