travel guides (13)
Published: Ocotber 3, 2011
Finding lesbians in New York City or London is somewhat easy, but it is a whole other story in distant lands, especially when women have very little if any rights at all - don't even mention the "L" word - but these are minor challenges to Gina Gatta and Tanya Churchmuch.
Damron owner Gina Gatta with business and life partner, Erika O'Conner, enjoying Iceland.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Damron
Gatta is president and editor-in-chief of Damron, the oldest
Edited by Gina M. Gatta; Damron Company, 648 pages; paperback, $18.95
Reviewed by Heather Cassell
Don't leave home without it. Damron Women's Traveller, the most popular travel guide for queer women, is back with all new and updated listings for 2012. Want to know where to go in Nashville? Damron Women's Traveller will point you in the right direction. It is the must have guide for queer girls and their friends.
Damron's crew gathers the latest information about its queer women-only and lesbian, g
mTrip launched just one year ago with travel guides for iPhone, iPod and Android. Now they have expanded to the web, offering mobile users the ability to add geo-located photos and notes to their trips and instantly sync them online when a free WiFi connection is detected. Travelers can share their trips with friends in real-time, while they are out seeing the sights and when they get home, they will have a personal page with all their trip memories!
Trips can also be shared via Facebook, Twitte
mTrip launched just one year ago with travel guides for iPhone, iPod and Android. Now they have expanded to the web, offering mobile users the ability to add geo-located photos and notes to their trips and instantly sync them online when a free WiFi connection is detected. Travelers can share their trips with friends in real-time, while they are out seeing the sights and when they get home, they will have a personal page with all their trip memories!
Trips can also be shared via Facebook, Twitte
Alexander Beetle, the Yosemite Audio Adventures Bug has discovered one of those short, close to Groveland, CA easy day hikes that offers some incredible Yosemite views with very little effort and no chains required.
If you're looking for a short adventure, that's not terribly strenuous, visit the Smith Peak Fire Lookout.
Drive up the road from behind the Pines campground or hike the two miles to the top for 360 degree views of the surrounding area. Elevation 3876 '
You can access the road to the lo
Yosemite Valley is open year around and Winter has it's own challenges and rewards. The pics give you an idea of the incredible beauty here in Yosemite National Park but the temperature on the Valley floor remained a constant 32 degrees so most of the walkways are frozen solid. The hike up to Bridalveil Falls was downright comical. The frozen path proved incredibly challenging to walk on but it did create a fun and entertaining comradery with the other visitors. Those of us that reached the upp
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When I was an aspiring writer and novice traveller, reading Dervla Murphy's travel classics such as In Ethiopia with a Mule, I never thought that one day this doyenne of travel writing would be reviewing my work. But that's exactly what happened this month, with a review of my new edition of the Bradt Guide to Palestine appearing in Wanderlust, a major British travel glossy. So many thanks to Dervla for the glowing review, and to Wanderlust for publishing a substantial review of a destination wh
I AM NOT AN EXPERT. Yet. There's a couple dudes better than me (Arthur Frommer & Rick Stevens to name a few). I'm trying. I'm learning. So here's a couple tips to be a better guide.
1. Don't hide all your money in one place. Cause if someone gets it, that's it. Have a couple spots for some emergency money.
2.Don't you dare wear a fanny pack. DON'T YOU DARE.
3. Make several copies of your passport. I know its a pain. I know. Just do it.
4. Guidebooks. Here's my thoughts. The DK series is really my g
2.Don't you dare wear a fanny pack. DON'T YOU DARE.
3. Make several copies of your passport. I know its a pain. I know. Just do it.
4. Guidebooks. Here's my thoughts. The DK series is really my g
Published: Ocotber 3, 2011
Founder of GirlPorts.com Tanya Churchmuch dines at her favorite Paris restaurant, Le Chartier.
Photo Credit: Carrie MacPherson
An avid worldwide traveler, Canadian Tanya Churchmuch wanted more from lesbian travel guides, but couldn't find what she wanted.
"I was somebody who always traveled a lot and always became frustrated by the lack of useful information for lesbian travelers that was available," says Churchmuch, a former broadcast anchor and inter
Published: Ocotber 3, 2011
Damron owner Gina Gatta with business and life partner, Erika O'Conner, enjoying Iceland.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Damron
For the more than 20 years, Gatta, 46, an openly gay woman, has traveled the world and n
This is a question that is asked frequently by visitors to Yosemite National Park and the answer is NO!
Neither the park nor anyone else can guarantee the safety of the water in rivers and creeks.
Either buy your beverages and cart out your trash or simply buy a water filter.
There are many such filtering devices on the market that range in price from $10.00 up. Check them out!
REI has a good selection. I personally use a chemical by McNett called Aqua Mira Part A & B.
Most filters are easy to carry
