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Freelance writers, ‘fess up! What have you done during...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:02:06 -0400

Freelance writers, ‘fess up! What have you done during your freelance career that you’re not too proud to admit? Blogging drunk? Back-talking a client on speakerphone? Bryce Emley has a few confessions to make…

Confession: I am addicted to freelance work

Where will your next adventure be? Cycling and wine tasting in...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:02:00 -0400

Where will your next adventure be? Cycling and wine tasting in Napa Valley? Riding through the Australian Outback on an overnight train? Volunteering to take care of these adorable pandas?

Staff Writer Morgan deBoer describes her 7 dream trips on 7 continents | Matador Network

VIDEO POSTCARD: Lismore, Ireland

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:01:09 -0400

VIDEO POSTCARD: Lismore, Ireland :

Scott Sporleder, Director of Filmaking at MatadorU, brings you this #travelstoke: Lismore, Ireland | Matador Network

Announcing the #travelstoke Queensland contest winner | Matador...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:01:46 -0400

Announcing the #travelstoke Queensland contest winner | Matador Network

Congrats to Matt Raimondo! His kick-ass film making skills have won him a chance to travel around Queensland, Australia as a journalist in search of what makes this part of Oz so cool. Stay tuned for updates on his trip and for more Matador Network contests!

3 seconds of courage makes a better world [vid] | Matador Network

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:01:56 -0400

3 seconds of courage makes a better world [vid] | Matador Network

8 ingenious ways of generating...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:02:23 -0400

8 ingenious ways of generating electricity: http://bit.ly/14yzmAP

The ultimate Ireland road trip, in pictures:...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:01:01 -0400

The ultimate Ireland road trip, in pictures: http://bit.ly/13yashY

Palouse Falls State Park in Washington. Photo by Jesse Estes.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:01:45 -0400

Palouse Falls State Park in Washington. Photo by Jesse Estes.

44 surreal scenes from Australia’s Great Barrier...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:01:44 -0400

44 surreal scenes from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: http://bit.ly/1a7PzPP

You can buy a 1200yr-old Italian castle with its own private prison

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:02:18 -0400

You can buy a 1200yr-old Italian castle with its own private prison:

While your idea of prime Italian real estate may be that extra nice booth at Olive Garden, this incredible 1200yr-old castle…

"If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:01:01 -0400

“If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.”

- 5 travel lessons I learned from my dad: http://bit.ly/11N1K16

Picos Mountains, Northern Spain. Photo by Petur. #travel #Spain...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:47 -0400

Picos Mountains, Northern Spain. Photo by Petur. #travel #Spain #mountains #wilderness #peak #goat #nature #mountainclimbing #NorthernSpain

The Milky Way above Godafoss, Iceland. Photo by Stéphane Vetter.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:01:51 -0400

The Milky Way above Godafoss, Iceland. Photo by Stéphane Vetter.

BABY HIPPO…CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:01:46 -0400

BABY HIPPO…CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

To be a citizen of the world

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:02:23 -0400

When I first traveled, it was to set foot in the places that had become beloved to me through books. I longed to experience Jerusalem and Jakarta because I had already learned to love them. Growing up, I dreamt of Alaska, slept with novels under my pillow, memorized statistics, learned the vocabulary of a musher, held my imaginings close until I touched the tundra, knelt down alongside the glaciers, and let my thoughts rest on all of the novels and authors that had brought me there.

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Here’s the exact bottle of booze you should get your exact dad...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:01:10 -0400

Here’s the exact bottle of booze you should get your exact dad for Father’s Day: http://bit.ly/14zSFK9

Vancouver, seen from the sky.Photo from ‘The world’s...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:01:47 -0400

Vancouver, seen from the sky.

Photo from ‘The world’s biggest cities from the air.’ More photos here: http://bit.ly/dPl4ca

Berlin and the art of public nudity

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:01:32 -0400

It’s just something they have absolutely no self-consciousness about. Nudism has been something of a cause in Germany since the 19th century, and in the 20th became associated with all kinds of utopian ideals. Freikörperkultur (free body culture, or FKK), is as ingrained as having mayonnaise with your chips or a strange obsession with white asparagus. In the former East it was particularly popular, a sort of escape from the preponderance of uniforms, pins, and badges that declared one’s loyalty to the Communist regime. In nudity, everyone truly was equal.

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Morituri te salutamus: An afternoon at a Filipino cockfight

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:02:16 -0400

In the ring, the latest contest is just ending. One rooster is down, blood following the contours of its feathers like water along tile grout. Quick breaths rising and falling in the dust-rumpled curves of its back. The other rooster, enraged if not uninjured, continues to assail its fallen opponent with beak and razor claw. The officiator separates the two, but when the downed bird still can’t stand on its own, both are carried out of the glow of the harsh fluorescent lights.

I ask Jingle what happens to the cocks after their fight. “Dinner Colins!” he says, patting his exposed stomach and smiling. Even the winning cock, usually too injured to survive long, is butchered.

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TWITTER CHAT: How do you tell travel stories?

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:01:11 -0400

MatadorU and G Adventures are co-hosting a Twitter chat on travel storytelling, JUNE 19th at noon EST. #GadvMatu

Join us! More info here: http://bit.ly/14uYLvk