New Mexico

50 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2021 This Southwestern state boasts great skiing, tourism superstars like Santa Fe & Taos, plus Indian reservations & parks that're cultural &…

Myanmar/Burma

28 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2021

In this fabled country, still mostly unknown by outsiders, foreigners aren't allowed everywhere, but there's still extraordinary history &…

Bulletin Board

282 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2021

The place to publish all your travel-related non-blog posts re products, services, announcements, and more! Please use the group's Discussion…

Wyoming

31 members Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021 The Great Outdoors is the alpha and the omega in this big, square, sparsely populated Rocky Mountain mix of peaks and plains. It's home to…

Senegal

23 members Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021

A peaceful, French- and Wolof-speaking Muslim country in West Africa, outside capital Dakar are great beaches, nature, village culture and of…

Finland

32 members Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021 A Nordic land of sophisto cities like Helsinki, Turku and Tampere but also lakes, islands, Lapps, and the midnight sun. As Monty Python once put it,…

Spiritual Journeys

82 members Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021 Whether religious pilgrimage or less conventional "seeking," New Age or otherwise, this corner of travel has been soaring to the heavens.

Vermont

33 members Latest Activity: Sep 4, 2021 Mostly rural and these days famously crunchy, its a Green Mountain State full of farms, B&B's, covered bridges, skiing, maple sugaring, and of course…

New Caledonia

15 members Latest Activity: Sep 3, 2021 An ethnically Melanesian island outpost of France in the South Pacific between Australia and Fiji, Nouvelle Caledonie is an exotic, under-the-radar…

Bolivia

26 members Latest Activity: Sep 3, 2021 Rugged and remote, the Americas' highest (um, highest-altitude) country is another world apart culturally, geographically, and politically. And it…

Latvia

23 members Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2021 The middle one of the three Baltic republics, it's got a historic but swinging capital, Riga, along with lots more history, beaches, and nature than…

Diving/Snorkeling

81 members Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2021

Dive, we said: Down into the deep blue, all over the planet.

St. Martin/Sint Maarten

26 members Latest Activity: Sep 2, 2021 Half-French, half-Dutch, all fun!

Taiwan

33 members Latest Activity: Sep 1, 2021 The "other" China boasts some great eating, history/culture, and other urban allures in Taipei, along with some mighty lovely countryside.

Cameroon

16 members Latest Activity: Sep 1, 2021

Better known as a football (soccer) force than tourist destination, this peaceful central African land offers some stunning eco, including superb…

Sustainable/Responsible Travel

44 members Latest Activity: Nov 7, 2021

As more of us focus on giving back, minimizing social/environmental harm, & increasing world understanding, responsible/ethical tourism is…

Kenya

75 members Latest Activity: Aug 31, 2021 One of Africa's great safari destinations, home to the reknowned Masai, and a nifty coast to visit, as well!

Nude Vacations

39 members Latest Activity: Aug 31, 2021

You might say this trend is "barely" growing, but that would be just for the sake of a bad pun. Nude beaches have been a European staple for…

Birdwatching/Birding

72 members Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2021

Birdwatchers/birders are of course a special breed, and many in admiration of our fine feathered friends will go to the ends of the earth. In this…

Curaçao

32 members Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2021 This Dutch Caribbean isle is less touristed and more historic than next-door Aruba, and is known for some of the Caribbean's best diving.