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, …

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’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 …