Archive for Category: "Middle East"
Travel Detective Blog: What’s Next for My Royal Tour Series
You may have noticed news reports linking Peter’s name with the Prime Minister of Israel, so we asked him to tell us a little bit about what’s been happening the past few weeks. As may have heard, we have been in Israel producing my next special Royal Tour series featuring heads of state––in this case [...]
The Top 5 International Travel Myths & Stereotypes Debunked
Don’t let old cliches and cultural biases influence how you see the world. Not all Brazilians are skinny, not all Asians prefer bicycles and no the Middle East isn’t a dangerous war zone. The facts don’t lie, so we asked Cedar Attanasio to put together the most convincing case against some of the most common [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Amigos de las Americas
Community development opens the door to improving health, eduction and the environment. In this week’s Voluntourism Spotlight, we look at an organization that develops two Panama communities. Check back every Thursday for our voluntourism spotlight and tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio to hear more of these opportunities. Amigos de las Americas (AMIGOS) was founded [...]
Around the World in 42 Days with Contest Winner Marie LeRose: Part 2
Last week contributor contest winner Marie LeRose shared part one of her story of conceiving and planning her around the world trip with her four young kids. In part two of her account, she explains why a soccer ball and a “whiner hat” were packing essentials. Who knew that you could find a Whiner Hat [...]
Slideshow: Secret Island Hopping
You hear a lot about the road less traveled, but for the real deal head to the islands less traveled. Across the globe, there are small clusters of island where getting there is definitely part of the adventure. Naomi Kahlon checks out some of the best secret island-hopping adventures. The Federal States of Micronesia Unless [...]
Egypt: Still Safe to Travel?
Egypt has been in the headlines quite a lot lately, but that still doesn’t mean that all of the country is unsafe to visit. Tourism has always been one of the Egypt’s biggest economic industries, but since the revolution began in early 2010, the industry has suffered — and so has the country’s bottom line. [...]
Video Travel Tip: Best Way to See the Egyptian Pyramids
It should be no surprise that the Pyramids of Giza are on most people’s bucket lists. But do you know the best way to go about seeing them? Correspondent Alyssa Caverley explains how to visit the pyramids to get the most out of this one-in-a-lifetime experience. Check out the video to see the pyramids in [...]
Video Travel Tip: Going to Egypt During a Travel Alert
Peter recently traveled to Egypt to do a local radio show on the Nile in Luxor. Always the fearless traveler, he made sure to visit Tahrir Square to report on the real story about travel to Egypt during the revolution. The worst four-letter word starting with “f” is “fear,” and Americans know no shortage of [...]
