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Love to read great travel writing? Or are you looking for inspiration for your next big adventure? The Adventurous Traveler Blog is your window into the exciting world of Adventure Collection, featuring some of the best-known and most respected travel journalists, bloggers and photographers on the planet. They cover every facet of adventure travel, from personal and inspiring travelogues, to how to take pictures like the pros, to picking the perfect family adventure, to deciding what to pack and how to get there.

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    Five Tips for Taking Better Vacation Photos

    Story by Jamie Pearson
    May 21, 2013

    It happens to the best of us. We go on a long-awaited bucket list trip, point our expensive new cameras at the incredible scenery all around us, and are rewarded for our efforts with photos that are distinctly… below average.

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    Missing the Boat

    Story by Chris Gray Faust
    May 17, 2013

    Warning: Adult supervision needed.

    The thought flashed through my head as my father and I stood on the dock in Cologne, shivering in the December dark and scanning the Rhine for a ship that no longer seemed to be present. In all my years of travel, I’ve rarely missed a plane, train or bus. I’m the person who shows up at the airport more than two hours in advance, the one who collects confirmation codes in a smartphone app. Could a night out with my dad – a pub crawl through the city that resulted in multiple rounds of beer and bitter-tasting schnapps with just-met Kölners – break my sensible streak?

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    Rafting the Wild

    Story by Don George
    May 14, 2013

    Four summers ago, Don George joined an exhilarating whitewater adventure with O.A.R.S. on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Here’s the account he penned in his journal at the time, written in the form of a conversation.

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    Five Reasons Kids Love Turkey

    Story by Jamie Pearson
    May 09, 2013

    Before we had kids, my husband and I pressed the pause button on our careers and spent a month traveling in Turkey. Because the world is big and our time is limited, we don’t usually repeat trips, even great ones. In the case of Turkey, we might have to make an exception. We want to take our kids there.

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    Seven Tips for Choosing Summer Trips

    Story by Don George
    May 06, 2013

    Suddenly it’s May and summer vacation is on the horizon! You know you want to take an organized adventure, but you don’t know where to go or what to do? Let us help! Here are seven simple tips to maximize your trip.

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    Blog Your Way Around the World: Alaska Winter Magic - Part Three

    Story by Adventure Collection Staff
    April 29, 2013

    In 2010, seven of Adventure Collection’s ten members sponsored Blog Your Way Around the World, a unique online travel contest that challenged contestants to write a short essay about why they deserved to win eight of the world’s most amazing adventure vacations and how, if selected the winner, they would write about their experiences to inspire others. Beth Robbins won the contest by receiving the most votes from readers. Beth recently enjoyed, and blogged about, one of her prizes, a trip to Alaska in winter, courtesy of Adventure Collection member Off the Beaten Path. We are pleased to share her dispatches here.

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    Déjà vu and the Delights of Travel

    Story by Chris Gray Faust
    April 21, 2013

    Standing in Brussels’ La Grand-Place, I look around at the ornate Gothic buildings and shiver, as if someone poked a finger into the base of my spine. Wafts of memories, many hazy at this point, fill my mind; I’d call it déjà vu, but I have, in fact, been here before.

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    Blog Your Way Around the World: Alaska Winter Magic - Part Two

    Story by Adventure Collection Staff
    April 20, 2013

    In 2010, seven of Adventure Collection’s ten members sponsored Blog Your Way Around the World, a unique online travel contest that challenged contestants to write a short essay about why they deserved to win eight of the world’s most amazing adventure vacations and how, if selected the winner, they would write about their experiences to inspire others. Beth Robbins won the contest by receiving the most votes from readers. Beth recently enjoyed, and blogged about, one of her prizes, a trip to Alaska in winter, courtesy of Adventure Collection member Off the Beaten Path. We are pleased to share her dispatches here.

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    Taking Voluntourism for a Test Drive

    Story by Jamie Pearson
    April 19, 2013

    Volunteer vacations are having a moment. Like many travelers, I like the idea of seeing the world and making a difference at the same time, but it’s also a big commitment. With unlimited time off, I’d be happy to build a library or dig a well on vacation. With only a few weeks of paid time off a year? I’m not so sure.

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    Blog Your Way Around the World: Alaska Winter Magic - Part One

    Story by Adventure Collection Staff
    April 17, 2013

    In 2010, seven of Adventure Collection’s ten members sponsored Blog Your Way Around the World, a unique online travel contest that challenged contestants to write a short essay about why they deserved to win eight of the world’s most amazing adventure vacations and how, if selected the winner, they would write about their experiences to inspire others. Beth Robbins won the contest by receiving the most votes from readers. Beth recently enjoyed, and blogged about, one of her prizes, a trip to Alaska in winter, courtesy of Adventure Collection member Off the Beaten Path. We are pleased to share her dispatches here.

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