traveller stories

Photos of your holidays are great, but how wonderful are eight pages of illustrations, for each day of your adventure?

There’s something equally nerve-wracking and exciting about group travel. That first night you meet everybody is like the first day at school. Questions start to circle in your head like,…

I’ve fallen in love with life again. All of the colors seem brighter and the most mundane things have a magical quality to them that I’d long forgotten.

Suddenly, quiet coos of delight and gasps of amazement break the silence and I blink several times to ensure my eyes aren’t deceiving me…

Ten years and seven Intrepid trips later, I consider that first solo adventure one of the best decisions I ever made.

I imagined riding in the back of a classic car and salsa dancing in the streets of Havana. These things did happen, but I was pleased to discover that the Cuban people captivated my heart more than anything else.

I’d heard other travellers talk about the kindness of strangers they’d met on the road before and had always kind of waved it off as another travel cliché.

You may have heard of the very popular Costa Rican phrase, Pura Vida, which translates to “pure life.” It’s also how Costa Ricans say hello, goodbye, or even describe one another.

One traveller’s story of her search for wild elephants in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountain range and what she learnt from the locals in Chi Phat who protect them.