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Photo by EyeofJ via Flickr For most Western travelers, Africa is an exotic destination that lures visitors with images of culture, wild animals, and open spaces. It’s also often depicted as being a very violent continent where countries have struggled (or are currently struggling) with crime, serious war, genocide, disease, and shaky politics. While we…
First, your coffee spills. Then, the plane skips like a stone across water. The pilot’s voice drifts through the overhead speaker like a quiet storm radio announcer. “Looks like we have a little bumpiness ahead. Please return to your seat and buckle up,” he or she will say. Suddenly, the plane feels like it’s at…
Photo Credit: Nicholas Boos Almost all of you know how easy it is to avoid the fees on foreign credit card charges. Most big banks now issue at least one no-foreign-fee version of their cards, especially those that target travelers. But when you travel outside the U.S., you still face two significant exchange gotchas that…
A sharp turn on Yungas Road, taken by Michael Fernando Jauregui Schiffelmann Bolivia’s Yungas Road has been dubbed the most dangerous road in the world. See a photo of it (like the one above) and you’re immediately hit with a feeling of impending doom. So imagine approaching the dirt road, twisting and turning at an…
Photo by Jassen via Flickr We already know that first-hand observation and interaction of wild animals is a major tourist draw, and not just in foreign countries. Tourists can pay to pet, take pictures with, and ride animals at their local zoo, animal park, or hotel — right here in the U.S. World Animal Protection…
Everyone knows that swimming — one of the most popular, and perhaps wholesome, pastimes of summer — can be dangerous. That’s why your mother always told you not to swim too far out in the ocean, and to wait 15 minutes after lunch before you cannon-balled back into the pool. But there are some dangers…
Every year, Shark Week enters our lives for a fleeting seven nights of nail-biting, heart-pounding programming on the Discovery Channel. But before you even have the chance to cue up the “Jaws” theme song, the exciting event concludes, leaving us longing for more adrenaline-pumping adventures. We’re of the mentality that the fun doesn’t have to…
Wikimedia Commons/Super Jet International Even though the cause of the EgyptAir Flight 804 crash is still unknown, one thing is clear: Many travelers are feeling nervous about getting on a plane. The spate of high-profile airline tragedies plastered across the news can make it feel like airline travel is getting more dangerous, and some are…
There are a lot of fun memories to bring back from a vacation, but that one time you got scammed at the airport shouldn’t be one of them. To help make sure that never happens, we’ve rounded up eight scams — from the security line to your taxi — to be on the lookout for…
Photo courtesy of Alex Temblador Flying to your destination can be great, but let’s be honest, what’s more fun than an old-fashioned road trip with family or friends? That being said, with any road trip, things can go wrong and none more so than driving through hazardous weather. At the end of April, the South…