The Tranquilo Traveler
The Tranquilo Traveler is a celebration of voluntourism, slow travel, and other interesting ways to see the world. Travel writer and award- winning Moon Handbooks author Joshua Berman created The Tranquilo Travel as a resource for world trippers and international volunteers, a window to the author’s travels in Nicaragua, Belize, and beyond, and an update of his books and articles.
Sigiriya Rock Fortress Tops List of “Hanging Monasteries”
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No Comments » Last year, I spent my 33rd birthday climbing Sigiriya, an ancient rock-top fortress in Sri Lanka’s cultural triangle. Yesterday, Sigiriya popped up on this fascinating post called “Hanging Monasteries of... [Read this entry]
Sri Lanka Volunteer’s Blog
By Joshua | 2 Comments » Meet Doug. Doug is an Engineer and Humanitarian Aid Worker from San Francisco who is stationed in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Doug is helping to build schools while avoiding land mines... [Read this entry]
Leaving Sri Lanka: Down the Mountain and Across the Sea
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I could also call this episode “So Long and Thanks for all the Dahl: Part 2,” (a la our departure from India)... [Read this entry]
PALM Foundation Websites Launch!
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Part of my volunteer assignment at PALM Foundation was to design a new website, write the content, take the photographs, and get it... [Read this entry]
Map: Sri Lanka, laying down
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My flat map of Sri Lanka denies the island its normal north-is-up “teardrop” romance, but laying it on its side, it looks like... [Read this entry]
Back to War? Good time to leave Sri Lanka…
By Joshua | 1 Comment » From the BBC: “The Sri Lankan military says it has begun an aerial assault on rebel positions in north-eastern Sri Lanka, telling the BBC it could not stand by after... [Read this entry]
Colombo Bomb Blast: We are okay
By Joshua | 1 Comment » Violence in the East has been on the rise in recent week, at the hands of Tamil Tiger terrorists, and today, the first attack in the capital since 2004 does... [Read this entry]
Back to Nuwara Eliya: Earth Day in Hill Country
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It’s raining in Nuwara Eliya, most evenings and nights; bone-chilling, pre-monsoon stretches of wet that an expat friends compares to Scotland. After pleasant... [Read this entry]
The Walls of Galle
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We venture down the coast to the Galle Fort on Tamil and Sinhalese New Year’s day, though with the full moon Poya... [Read this entry]
Hikkaduwa Beach Break
By Joshua | 3 Comments » When our Nuwara Eliya landlady (who is also our boss) informed us (very nicely) that she was kicking us out of the Toppass Guesthouse during Sri Lankan New Years so... [Read this entry]
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I filmed some of these scenes for Astrum....See mo ... [read more] - Qamrunnisa Begum on Why We Came to Pakistan: Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and our search for Dr. Stewart
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I grew up in la trinidad, i left when i was 9 year ... [read more] - Joshua Berman on Nicaragua Trip Coach on BudgetTravel.com Tuesday at Noon EST
Yes, they will post it in their archives for poste ... [read more] - Nicaragua Surf on Moon Belize up for Award - Vote Now!
This sounds like a great book. I'm always on the l ... [read more] - Nicaragua Surf on Nicaragua Trip Coach on BudgetTravel.com Tuesday at Noon EST
That sounds like a really cool opportunity. Is it ... [read more] - shahin on Why We Came to Pakistan: Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and our search for Dr. Stewart
hello hasan Wasty your name rings a bell do we kno ... [read more] - Shadow on My Review of Bruce Barcott’s new Belize book in July, 2008, issue of Mountain Gazette
Great Review Joshua. The subject of the book is o ... [read more] - vscsrao on Himalaya, Mountain Mama: The Hunza Valley
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Fred -- I'd love to know the details of the errors ... [read more]
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