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.
Gadling post about Belize’s Garifuna Settlement Day
By Joshua | 
No Comments » On the morning of November 19, 2003, I woke up before dawn and walked through warm rain across Belize City to the dock, where a crowd had gathered for the... [Read this entry]
Moon Belize up for Award - Vote Now!
By Joshua | 2 Comments » A couple of news items regarding my latest book, Moon Belize, 7th Edition:
Moon Belize is up for Planeta.com’s 2007 Book of the Year Award in the “Best Place-Based Guidebook”... [Read this entry]
Worst Souvenir Ever: Colorado man brings botflies back from Belize
By Joshua | 1 Comment » Most travelers bring a bottle of One Barrel Rum back from their vacation to Belize, or perhaps some Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce. Aaron Dallas picked up an infestation of botfly... [Read this entry]
Pre-Order New Edition of My Book, Moon Belize, Now!
By Joshua | 3 Comments » Time to start stokin’ up the buzz for the seventh edition of Moon Belize! It’s not available till September, but why wait? Pre-order your copy today at Amazon.com or Barnes... [Read this entry]
Luxury Hotels in Belize
By Joshua | 2 Comments » I contributed the Belize section to a new website called Luxury Latin America. It includes descriptions of a few of Belize’s more fabulous accommodations. Ah, the irony of travel writing:... [Read this entry]
Volunteering in Belize: New Transitions Abroad Article
By Joshua | 2 Comments » Here’s a new article I wrote for TransitionsAbroad.com. (If you ‘ve never heard of this website, it’s basically the mother ship portal to all things work/study/volunteer abroad, founded in 1977... [Read this entry]
Belizean Blizzard in the Boulder ‘Burbs
By Joshua | No Comments » They’re sudden, those big geography shifts. Super-heated skunky waft of green rotting forest when I land in Belize. Six weeks later, Colorado wind bites my face, tropical glow sucked... [Read this entry]
Peas Koe Bileez: Thanksgiving in December
By Joshua | 1 Comment » Before leaving the country, I am lucky to attend the Peace Corps Belize “Thanksgiving in December” banquet at the Country Director’s home — with the 65 volunteers gathered in Belize... [Read this entry]
Dolphin “Encounter” in Belize: What do YOU think?
By Joshua | 4 Comments » My final day in Belize finds me on a dive boat to Spanish Lookout Caye, where I’ve been invited to inspect the country’s first Dolphin Encounter program (en route, I... [Read this entry]
Belize City Bookend
By Joshua | 1 Comment » Yep, back in “Belize,” as the country refers to its biggest population center, a sprawling ramshackle neighborhood on a point jutting into the Caribbean, cleaved down the middle by Haulover... [Read this entry]
Joshua Berman is an award-winning author for Avalon Travel Publishing's Moon series. He is a writer, editor, and trip leader, based in Central America and Boulder, Colorado. Learn more about Joshua or contact him here.- 0. Volunteering Abroad
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Hi -- We are finding the Peapod Plus a very useful ... [read more] - Khawaja T ariq Mahmood on Why We Came to Pakistan: Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and our search for Dr. Stewart
I attended Gordon college from 1965-1970 , I was a ... [read more] - SAJJAD HAIDER on The Mir of Hunza, Part 2
Dear All The acrimonious attitude exhibited by th ... [read more] - [F]oxymoron on Belikin Beer: It’s Not Just for Teething Anymore!
This is classic! - Melody on Belize with a Baby: My Daughter’s First Trip Abroad
a wonderful adventure!! I am loving it!! I feel l ... [read more] - nomadic matt on Belikin Beer: It’s Not Just for Teething Anymore!
mmmm belikins are very good. crack one open for me ... [read more] - Julie on Belize with a Baby: My Daughter’s First Trip Abroad
Your baby is truly adorable, very cute. And hope s ... [read more] - Madeline on Belize with a Baby: Shanti Heads South
Hi Shanti! I hope you are having a good time! I ca ... [read more] - Matt Harwood on Belize with a Baby: Shanti Heads South
Looks like a great time. I will definitely have to ... [read more] - Jenny on Belize with a Baby Part 2: Gales Point and Belize City
That is so darn cute!!!
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