From selling Pepsi to climbing 5 of the world’s seven highest peaks
Pull up your inspiration pants and meet Ásgeir Jónsson. He used to work for Pepsi. Now he runs motivational workshops for the recently retired and is a role model for healthy, inspired living back in...
View ArticleSelling Antarctica – How one former housewife built a thriving business in...
Way far down at the southernmost tip of South America, the small port city of Ushuaia covering 9 square miles serves as the jumping-off point for the large majority of expedition ships heading across...
View Article“How do I find a job that lets me travel more?”
I’m going to serve it straight up. You may find a job that lets you travel more…but there will always be a trade off. Always. (And I have a better idea.) If you’re a corporatey person, you can get a...
View ArticleTransmission from the bottom of the earth
The most common question I get from people when I tell them I’m working a season in Antarctica is, “Antarctica?? What’s it like there?“ The photos below are my answer, dear friends. (mostly taken with...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Sweden’s IceHotel
As promised I’m including more photo stories on the blog and I’m kicking it off with some images from Sweden’s IceHotel where I had the pleasure of staying last week. Excuse the quality of some of...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Antarctica
A couple of months ago I published a post with a bunch of iPhone pictures from my time in Antarctica working on the expedition ship M/V Sea Explorer. You all loved it so much (oh the emails!) that I...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Cusco
In staying with the theme of my new SNAPSHOT series, today I bring you some pics I’ve taken over numerous trips to Peru’s most famous Andean town, Cusco. Cusco is the jumping-off point for anyone...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Peru’s Sacred Valley
I’ve got a confession to make: I don’t like crowds. And I especially don’t like crowds of tourists. You know what has a lot of tourists? Machu Picchu. One million people visited the ruins in 2011....
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Galapagos
“What’s your favourite place you’ve ever been to?” The dreaded question. I get asked this so often, and it’s near impossible for any serial world traveler to answer. “They’re all so different and...
View ArticleSNAPSHOT: Sweden
This week we’re back on the topic of Sweden. A couple of months ago I did a SNAPSHOT post of Sweden’s super-famous Ice Hotel, but this time I wanted to show you the warmer side of this lovely Nordic...
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