Intrepid traveller

In addition to sharing food and cocktails, and serving as my trekking sherpas, my group helped me experience Italy in ways that went far beyond the guidebook.

It took 24 hours, a few Turkish meals, and meeting the first of many welcoming locals before I started to feel okay.

Here are seven totally amazing experiences that you shouldn’t miss once when you get there (having experienced them myself on Intrepid Travel’s 10-day Active Galapagos trip)!

I think I expected a cross between Jordan and the UAE, but after several days and messages of “What’s it like” coming over Facebook Messenger, I could only reply that …

After all, bucket-list trips in the travel world vary from person to person but one I’m willing to bet almost everyone strives to check off is trekking to Everest Base …

You see, it’s not just about the blue of the water or the white of the sand, it’s the way the lush, green, jungle-clad mountains greet the beaches.