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.
Burma Disaster Response: Donate to AJWS Rapid Relief Fund Now
By Joshua | 
No Comments » Because of their ongoing work with on-the-ground community organizations around the world, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has proved to be extremely effective and efficient in their response to major... [Read this entry]
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]
Tell President Bush not to Travel to Olympics
By Joshua | No Comments » From AJWS:
“The approaching Olympic Games in Beijing offer an unprecedented opportunity for President Bush to urge China to help end the genocide in Darfur. For years, China has... [Read this entry]
The Last Parandero: Belize’s Legendary Paul Nabor
By Joshua | No Comments » I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Paul Nabor, Belizean music legend, when I last visited Punta Gorda, in 2006. It was good to run into him again... [Read this entry]
Boulder Gets its Freeze On: Pearl Street Flash Mob Among the Tulips
By Joshua | No Comments » Yesterday in Boulder, at 12:45 pm on the pedestrian mall in front of the courthouse, everything went quiet, a sudden silence which at first was more noticeable than the lack... [Read this entry]
Pace of Development in Belize: Slow
By Joshua | No Comments » From the International Herald Tribune:
“A slow boom in Belize: One island stays funky South of the Yucatán, community balances growth and atmosphere”
The author of the article, Kevin... [Read this entry]
Learn a language online for free: Travel tips from Brave New Traveler
By Joshua | 2 Comments » Speaking a foreign language while traveling or living abroad — or simply making humiliating, hilarious attempts to speak it — is one of the surest ways to make real connections... [Read this entry]
Tranquilo Tip of the Hat to David Arnold, Worldview Magazine Editor Extraordinaire
By Joshua | No Comments » I’d like to belatedly join Peace Corps Polyglot (blog of the National Peace Corps Association) in wishing Worldview editor David Arnold well as he moves on. After 14 years of... [Read this entry]
Interactive Ansel Adams Tribute in NYT Travel
By Joshua | No Comments » This is wonderful—a narrated slide show about how Ansel Adams shot each of his most famous Yosemite landscapes.
Travelling & Seeing: Johnny Just Come
By Joshua | No Comments » Travelling & Seeing: Johnny Just Come, by Kofi Quanston, as found in the university bookshop in Accra, Ghana. I didn’t buy the book, already had too many things in my... [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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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] - FakePrinceSalim on The Mir of Hunza, Part 2
Hello Mr Salim... what do you think? if you will i ... [read more]
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