Author Archive for GutsyTraveler.com
GutsyTraveler.com is the online home of Marybeth Bond, the preeminent expert on women's travel. In addition to Marybeth's popular travel tips, trip reports, and practical advice, the site features regular guest posts by well-known travelers, filed from exciting destinations around the world
Top 10 Romantic Things to Do in San Francisco
From our local friends at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf: 1. Walk, bike, run or skip across the Golden Gate Bridge. 2. Enjoy a California Sunset Cruise aboard Red and White Fleet 3. Share a hot fudge sundae at world famous Ghirardelli chocolate 4. Pack a picnic lunch and bring it on board a rented [...]
The Other Mexico
Our friend Phyllis Stoller files this report: One of the best travel deals this summer is the “Other Mexico”: Not the one in exaggerated headlines, nor the one with huge hotels on hot beaches, but the Mexico of colonial villages. Americans tend not to know that the charming towns of Taxco, Cuernavaca and Ixtapan de [...]
Top Ten Reasons: Turkey
From our friends at Thomson Family Adventures: 1) Maybe you’ve been to all the usual places… but Turkey is NOT a usual place. It’s full of more surprises than we can even tell you about. 2) History. World history was practically invented in Turkey. From the Roman emperor Constantine to the ruins of Ephesus, the [...]
Training for Kilimanjaro
Our friends at Thomson Safaris interview Marcus Shapiro, the founder and CEO of Fit For Trips Q: What are some of the concerns your clients have before climbing Kilimanjaro? A: I commonly get asked about altitude. Although altitude issues can affect anyone, being properly fit can help Kili climbers deal with many of the discomforts [...]
Reintroducing Rhino in Serengeti National Park
From our friend Ali Riley at Thomson Safaris With its sturdy build, menacing horn and impenetrable hide, it is hard to imagine that the fate of the rhinoceros – one of the iconic Big Five – hangs in such a delicate balance. Over the past several decades, the rhino population in the Serengeti ecosystem has [...]
Kilimanjaro Adventure: Why Climb the Mountain?
From our friends at Thomson Safaris Guest blogger Helga Ausman on climbing one of the world’s great peaks–at 78. Five years ago when I was climbing Mt.Shasta (14,162 ft) I found myself surrounded by experienced mountaineers who had climbed just about every mountain in the US and abroad. As a total greenhorn who had never [...]
Migration Update
From our friends at Thomson Safaris: Professional photographer Andy Biggs just returned from leading two back-to-back Africa Through the Lens trips in Tanzania. He searched out the large herds of the Great Migration in the southern plains of the Serengeti and was lucky enough to witness four kills. Andy sent us an update on where [...]
