Last night was our first on the Tui Tai. It takes a while to get sea legs, and it has sure been a test, all of us are rolling around like I assume baby giraffes do, and the crew must love it. I woke up at 4 am to see my deoderant and other toiletries comically sliding back and forth across the shelves in my cabin. Even as I type, they key board and my body are doing a sort of samba…
It’s amazing how fast humans can adjust – an hour on the boat yesterday and we were in full exploration mode. We snorkeled in Dolphin Bay while the sun was still out, the late in the afternoon we were already in a remote village testing the residents’ blood sugar levels…I’ll step back a bit.
The satisfaction and silliness of leaving New England in November…in flip flops.
I’m of to Savusavu, Fiji – Tom Robbins says something like everything on an island needs to be said twice – to join the Tui Tai crew for the month of November.
I love to do a bi-weekly wrap-up for you of Andrew’s posts on The Brooklyn Nomad because he’s on top of interesting travel trends. Here are a few interesting posts from this week:
Who visits the US the most? Find out which countries come to the US for tourism, and why tourist numbers are declining.
Congrats!!! Andrew is excited to announce he’s bringing another travel lover into the world – due in April! (thelittlenomad.com?)
Stephanie Yoder stepped in this week as a Guest Nomad – posting 5 cool day trips from London…Hey Steph, post ‘em on tripwolf!
tripwolf is constantly changing and improving to bring users the best travel site we can. Whether making it easier to search and find info about places, plan a trip, and even book it, here are a few new features you will definitely want to utilize:
- Book Flights; Along with searching for the best hotel deals, you can now find cheap flights on tripwolf through Kayak.com.
- Free SIM card; Our new partner ekit.com is offering the tripwolf community a free international SIM card to take on your travels!
- Plan trips; We have improved our new trip feature even more – now you can leave comments on other users’ trips, and see what other people think of yours
- Personal Travel Diaries; the map is back!
We heart travel, and we heart tripwolf – we’re always looking for comments and suggestions on how we can improve! Thanks! Be our fan on Facebook, or follow our travel tweets on twitter.
OoOoOoo…spooky season is upon us. The next full moon will be on the night of November 2nd (meaning Halloween will be very bright as well!) There’s something about traveling that gets me outside, yearning to soak up every bit of the experience, and that usually means I see many more sunrises and sunsets, and make much more time to gaze at the night sky. Here are 7 intriguing places to be where you can experience the romance and excitement of a full moon! Anything can happen…
Founded by an expatriate to Dubai with a passion music and meditation, Dubai Drums gathers locals and tourists a like, and piles them into the desert for intense drumming sessions every full moon. You do not have to be a musician whatsoever – the experience is for whoever is willing to participate! Video of this incredible event is seen above.
A small, yet seriously dedicated wolf sanctuary in Pennsylvania. Be sure to call ahead, this is a very intimate event – you’ll walk around the estate and watch the packs in their element. If you get tired, relax by the roaring bonfire the residents build. Read more about the event on their blog.
The Full Moon party tradition of the southern Thai islands has oozed over into the Andaman’s on India. These parties celebrate the crazy energy and wild moods some may experience during the full moon – though star-gazing is usually only an afterthought, as many parties are sure to last until sunrise!
tripwolf is proud to announce that we will further our partnership with Footprint Books – an incredibly respected travel guide publisher out of the UK. In early 2010, over 60 Footprint guide books will be available online on tripwolf! The Peru guidebook has already been integrated.
To celebrate, tripwolf is offering a 30% discount on the Footprint guide books before they are all available online. Buying travel guides can be pricey, so here’s your chance to get cheap travel guidebooks!
To get the discount code and take advantage of this deal, see ourspecial discount page.
Dale Sause has been randomly selected as the winner of the free trip to Fiji- he will join the crew of the Tui Tai from Nov 7-1th on their exploratory surf charter! He will receive round-trip airfare, and a free cruise a $2500 value.
Thanks to everyone from the tripwolf community who entered!
Check out their blog for latest competitions and news.
Have you truly utilized our trip planner yet? I know we’ve heard a bit about Andrew Hickey’s trip to see the soccer games at Tintagel – but now you can see how he did it. He has laid out his trip step-by-stephow to get to Tintagel, England, starting in Brooklyn, NY.
GOAL!
See some more pictures of sleepy the Tintagel town, and the professional soccer players who entertained a crowd of fans, travel writers and professional photographers – on a tiny field among the ancient stones.
I’m sure you’ve heard about the battle of the cities for the 2016 summer Olympic games – well, there’s another competition going on, and only one day left to enter – all you need is a twitter account. You can win a trip to one of the top competing cities; Chicago, Rio de Janiero, Tokyo or Madrid! The winner will be announced this afternoon. Find out all you need to know, here.
Also, he’s really good at staying on top of travel industry news - I think he’s in the right circle. He found out that some of the most popular airlines will be creating new routes, and gives us the details! See where you’ll be able to go.
Pictured above is a typical meal at a Korean restaurant that we got for less than $20 US. In terms of some of the other Korean cuisine we have tasted this past week, what we got this time was pretty tame. We had something the other day which was four different parts of a cow — stomach, liver, intestine, and lord knows what else — served raw and without seasoning. Could it get anymore primal? Anyways, this here is from a restaurant called World Duck, and I’ve tried to identify all the different components with numbers to give you a better understanding.
1. A very common spinach look-alike that I’m guessing grows everywhere. Served pickled and spicy.
2. Pickeled and hard boiled quail egg smothered in roasted jalapeno. Surprisingly good.
3. Jerkified minnow fish. These are as salty as they are popular and go well with beer. The texture is a little sharp and takes some getting used to.
4. Grass clippings with bean dip and sesame seeds.
5. Roasted garlic cloves, eaten straight up. Bad breath is of no consequence.
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