7th Annual LA Travel & Adventure Show Packs Heat with an International Fiery...
New demos and competitions at the Culinary Stage announced LONG BEACH, CA – Any travel experience would be far from complete without exploring the destination’s cuisine. Accordingly, the Los Angeles...
View ArticleNo Journey, No Perspective
We touched down in Koror Palau on a cloudless evening – with a full moon blazing and reflecting off of the wings of the plane the entire flight over from Guam. We had arranged a homestay ahead of time...
View ArticleExploring the wonders of Palau
The island nation of Palau is located about 500 miles east of Manilla in the Philippines and about a 2 hour flight from Guam. A number of airlines fly to Palau including United, Delta and China Air....
View ArticleDropping onto Saipan
Dropped into Saipan in the dead of night – starry skies, the blackness of the sea greeted us – disturbed only by the lights emanating from this small island. I had only done cursory research before our...
View ArticleSo, Saipan…Surprise Me!
So, Saipan – we heard there wasn’t much to see on your small island and our expectations were low after reading a number of negative reviews online. Sure there is poker in nearly every laundromat, an...
View ArticleChasing Change
Standing on the cliffs at La Jolla Cove Friday, September 16th, 2011: I flew the 2500 miles to San Diego, California on the premise that I would find my future there. After an especially tumultuous...
View ArticleThe South Pacific Cargo Cult of “John Frum”
Dispatch: Coconuts and Campbell’s: John M. Edwards traces the origins of the wackily hybrid South Pacific cargo cult of “John Fromm” (or “John Frum”) from the world’s most useful conversation starter....
View Article9th Annual Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show Returns
THE 9TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW® RETURNS TO THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER FEBRUARY 8-9, 2014 Rick Steves, Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown, Todd Carmichael, Don Wildman, Peter...
View ArticleVisit Palau – September 2014
Palau is truly the remote destination for nature lovers and outdoor and marine enthusiasts. It is not an easy destination to reach from Europe or the states. Non stop flights connect in Japan or Guam –...
View ArticleVisit Saipan – October 2014
Saipan has certainly gotten some bad press in the last number of years with its sweat shops (now closed), Jack Abramoff scandal with the Northern Mariana Islands as a client, high joblessness rate etc,...
View ArticleGuam Unveils Major Cultural Island Events in 2016
(Los Angeles, CA) – 2016 is looking to be a big cultural and international year for Guam, a US territory in the Pacific. With two major international events, Festpac and PATA, plus the many other...
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