Tourism is an incredibly lucrative industry in the Galapagos: The numbers of visitors have quadrupled between 1990 and 2009, and more than 160,000 people now visit each year. For mainland Ecuadorians, the islands are seen of a source of higher … Read More

We have a sneaking suspicion that Andrew Evans traveled the entire 10,000 miles by bus just to hang out with penguins. You don’t have to remind me: I know how lucky I am. I am lucky to travel so much … Read More

Contributing Blogger Cathy Healy arrived in Santiago, Chile a week after the earthquake struck on February 27th, and reports on how the city is recovering. Santiago, Chile — I saw a broken window yesterday. That’s a first. I’ve been commuting … Read More

Is it Thursday afternoon? Well then it must be time to take a look through our Peeps in Places pictures that have been submitted so far! If you haven’t taken your Peep out for a photo op yet, there’s still … Read More

We were sorry to learn recently that the riverside research station of Iain Douglas-Hamilton, of Save the Elephants , in northern Kenya, was destroyed on the morning of March 4, 2010 by a flash flood, which resulted from a storm … Read More

Andrew Evans is back from Antarctica, but he’s still blogging for us here at Intelligent Travel. Today he details the bleak, inhospitable conditions he found in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia. If you haven’t figured it out yet–I … Read More

Sweet! [ Mundo Center ] Imagine Mardi Gras, except all the floats are on fire. That wouldn’t be a completely innacurate way to describe the Valencian tradition of Las Fallas, in which the city torches giant dolls that they’ve spent … Read More

Surf’s up, Alpaca! Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi has been teaching dogs to surf for years, but when he saw Australians surfing with koalas and kangaroos, he knew he had to surf with an animal representative of his home country: an … Read More

Mark this date: 18 March-16 May 2010 . What’s this? If you are planning to travel to Europe or happened to be there in Spring and during this period, you are so lucky. Why? You’ll be able to see over … Read More

Norwegian’s got talent! Norwegian Cruise Line is now accepting submissions for its Search for the Epic Star competition. The winner of the competition will perform his or her act aboard the inaugural voyage of the Norwegian Epic , and win … Read More