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.
New Moon Boutique Storefront on Amazon
By Joshua | 
No Comments » Browse the new Amazon.com Moon Handbook storefront, featuring pretty book covers and a fun collection of colorful photo essays and Q&As with a handful of authors, including yours truly for... [Read this entry]
Lonely Planet “scandal” passes; guidebooks left in the debris
By Joshua | 4 Comments » Now that Thomas Kohnstamm has revealed that the global uproar over his alleged “plagiarism” wasn’t really all that (he’d just done a “desk update,” which is occasionally standard in the... [Read this entry]
Blogosphere buzzes with juicy Lonely Planet guidebook scandal!
By Joshua | 5 Comments » I posted a brief blip a few weeks ago about the allegedly scandalous upcoming title from Random House, Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? by Thomas Kohnstamm. Since then, lurid... [Read this entry]
PerceptiveTravel.com Round-up of Fellow Bloggers
By Joshua | No Comments » To blog? Or not to blog? I join a few fellow writers over at Perceptive Travel to answer the why and wherefore of this question. Writes the interviewer, Liz Lewis:
Tranquilo Conversation on Planeta.com
By Joshua | 2 Comments » I’ve begun a “slow conversation” with the folks at Planeta.com, one of the Internet’s most practical, thoughtful forums on ecotourism. It’s an appropriate place for us slow travelers to gather.... [Read this entry]
Thirty Years in the Field: Guidebook guru David Stanley reflects on the history of Moon Handbooks
By Joshua | No Comments » His territory includes the South Pacific, Micronesia, Alaska, Eastern Europe, and Cuba, areas which David traveled back when you could camp on the beach in Bora Bora if you didn’t... [Read this entry]
Planeta.com Book-of-the-Year for Moon Belize
By Joshua | No Comments » A quick diversion from Nicaragua, and a look up the Central American coast: Thanks to everyone who voted for Moon Belize in Planeta.com’s Book-of-the-Year contest—and congratulations to the other winners... [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]
“Travel Blog Challenge” Winners’ Circle Announced: Tranquilo snags honorable mention
By Joshua | 2 Comments » A website of vacation-rental timeshare enthusiasts (do these guys know how to party, or what?) asked readers to submit their favorite travel blogs in a recent “travel blog challenge.” I’m... [Read this entry]
HOW TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD: Fourth Edition available for pre-order
By Joshua | 1 Comment » Here ye! Here ye!
The fourth edition of Edward Hasbrouck’s Round-the-World Bible is here! I have yet to see the updated version, but Tay and I used the third edition... [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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Until I see a website sending its contributors to ... [read more] - Lauren G on Learn a language online for free: Travel tips from Brave New Traveler
The free courses from LiveMocha.com are pretty goo ... [read more] - NASIR on Himalaya, Mountain Mama: The Hunza Valley
Hi, Surely, Hunza has a magic. Anyone who has vis ... [read more] - masood on The Mir of Hunza, Part 2
dear all, i would like to express my sent ... [read more] - Ken on Lonely Planet “scandal” passes; guidebooks left in the debris
Once again the old adage comes to life: you can't ... [read more] - kARLA on Back in Nicaragua: La Trinidad, EstelÃ
I LOVE LA TRINIDAD ....SURE! IS MY beatifull TOWN - India Holidays on The Ten Most Tranquilo Temples in the World
I really want to see the top ten most tranquilo te ... [read more] - Claire Walter on Learn a language online for free: Travel tips from Brave New Traveler
Gracias. Grazie, Merci. Danke. She-she. Arigato. E ... [read more] - New hunza generation on The Mir of Hunza, Part 2
The so called Mir Ghazanfar will be burried soon a ... [read more] - Karim on Himalaya, Mountain Mama: The Hunza Valley
Hi Josh, Thank you very much for the beautiful wor ... [read more]
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