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New Year’s Eve In many places people stay up late to see the old year out and the new year in for January 1st.. Almost everywhere in the world church bells ring, horns toot, whistles blow, sirens shriek. London’s Trafalgar Square and New York City’s Times Square...

Submit your best travel photos & find out the winner on November 28th!  We know our travelers have amazing photos and we would like to pick a winner!  Upload your best travel photos via https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solo-Trekker-4-U/388137661259890?sk=app_292725327421649. We...

Andre Hugo: Before Ascending into the Quilotoa Volcano   It was a cold and stormy night. No!  It was just another damn boring day. Retired, single and living in the very centre of Canada’s National Capital, I had done the family tree back to 1780, written letters to the...

West Africans will be granted “special treatment” through extensive questioning and the taking of their temperature when arriving in the United States.  The CDC expects this to be only a small part to a much needed larger solution.  So far there has been one death in...

We are very pleased to have this guest blog by Neil Osborn highlighting his recent Alaskan adventures with his wife Holly Smith. Alaska July 26, 2013   I took the so-called moderate Willow Creek walk from Kantishna Road House today. Three miles and 1,000 feet rise in...