July 19 10:51pmMy Favorite Backpack

As a follow-up to last week’s blog on packing, I thought I’d share a little story on the purchase of my favorite backpack.

Everybody comes across things in life they just have to have. I used to think I had to have my own a beach house loaded with every kind of sports gear imaginable, set in front of a pristine coral break where a dolphin, named Rah, would get me mixed up in ...

July 11 7:01pmHow to Properly Pack a Backpack for Adventure Travel

A poorly packed backpack always leads to unnecessary degrees of suffering. Here are some tips for making it the least of your worries.

1) Maximization
You can fit more sand in a jar than pebbles. Use the same approach to packing. Use every ounce of space by stuffing loose items like your raincoat or tent fly, around solid items like your sleeping bag. It's important to get ri...

June 30 12:41pmGarbage Clean-up in Halong Bay, Vietnam

It's low season in Vietnam, and our partners in Hanoi are all out of the office on a mission to Clean up Halong Bay. The cleanup is scheduled for 3 days, and everyone is picking up garbage off of the pristine islands. Halong Bay has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of there...