by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller This is the last in a three-part series of blog posts about my adventure in the Grand Canyon. If you missed the first two, please click to Read Part 1 or Part 2 Canyon Day 5: We hiked up a side river and finished by splashing around under a waterfall. After a […]
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Splash! An Adventure in Understanding your Place in the World (Part 2)
by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller This is the second in a series of three blog posts. Read Part 1 HERE. Canyon Day 3: Today was incredible. We came to one of our first hiking areas, high up the canyon wall, called Nankoweep, the Ancient Puebloan Granary. Once we reached the site, our Captain Adam told us how the natives […]
Splash! An Adventure in Understanding your Place in the World (Part 1)
by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller Pre-Canyon Day 1: Leaving Home I woke up late, but then maybe I should have actually set my alarm. Fail. I also should have gone to bed at a decent hour, but when my hot fiancé was ready for some intimate time before I left home for ten days…well, use […]
Keynote Address at International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association World Conference
By Hanns Ebensten; Vancouver, May 14th, 2004 Good morning: As you can see, I am a very old man, and it amazes me to see the mayor of the City of Vancouver, and other dignitaries here today to welcome a homosexual gathering – because, when I was young, we were all criminals and lived furtive […]
The Ice Hotel in Sweden (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses (This is Part 2 of the series. Click HERE to read Part 1!) Shortly after I woke up, a staff member showed up in our room. In his hands were two cups of hot lingonberry juice. There are few times in my life that a hot beverage has been received by me with […]
The Ice Hotel in Sweden (Part 1)
By Zachary Moses This is one of the most fun flights I have taken across the ocean. I was in the Norwegian Airlines equivalent of a First Class cabin. I thought I had both seats to myself, but right before the doors closed, my seat mate showed up. He was disheveled, wearing sweatpants, but turned out to be […]