Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Without a doubt, Lebanon is one of the most complex countries I’ve visited. On one hand, you have the cosmopolitan capital, complete with a seaside Corniche, trendy restaurants, high-end shopping, and colorful street performers. On the other, Lebanon offers a …
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
While at the end of the world, I ran into tons of people who wanted to visit Antarctica. And tons of people who didn’t want to, or couldn’t, pay for it. There’s an answer: penguin counting.
Doug, one of the …
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Some astounding facts:
I …
Monday, November 26th, 2012
I met my friend Julia at a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia. She and I were sitting at the bar, re-charging our iPhones and struck up a conversation. I then invited myself to tag along with her to visit the …
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
I met Luana on my San Blas sail. She was working on the boat as the cook, and a mighty fine cook she is too!
We were chatting one day about how she came to live in Central America, sailing …
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
I met my friend Brid (along with Paula) while traveling in Ethiopia. We had wandered into a tourist agency to enquire about a trekking expedition to the Simian Mountains. We all signed up and had one of the most miserable …
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Meet my good friend and Adventure Philanthropist Pirjo! I met Pirjo while trekking in Nepal and subsequently visited her at her family’s summer cottage in Finnish Lapland this summer.
While visiting at their lovely lake-side cottage I asked Pirjo about …
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Thanks to all of you writing in with suggestions on organizations to volunteer with and support!
I love learning about new approaches to solving some of our social issues and am always grateful for an introduction to local NGOs. So …
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
This poll is now closed. On top of the 200 original votes, we received an additional 395 votes after the challenge, for a total of 595 votes.
Although we didn’t hit the 1,000 extra votes we were shooting for, I …
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
WOW—Check out my profile in National Geographic Traveler magazine!
Here’s an excerpt:
“Erin Michelson is going places. The business consultant (recently based in San Francisco) and self-described “adventure philanthropist” set out on December 31, 2010, on a two-year journey to …