A Vegan Tourist’s Guide to Portland, Oregon
Voodoo Doughnut, a Portland institution Our cheese-loving selves have a hard time thinking about ever going vegan.  But we do appreciate and admire our friends who jump on the Soy Train Express.  One challenge that many vegan travelers share is knowing where to get good grub when in a new place.  The great thing about eating vegan (and also vegetarian) is that those restaurants that cater to you are typically going to be socially-conscious and locally-owned.  We

Are New Mexico Safaris in Your Future?
The state of New Mexico (yes, Sarah Palin, that’s located in the United States of America and on a related note, why are we so obsessed with La Palin?) has awarded a new grant to a group called EcoNewMexico, LLC to head up its new ecotourism project, “taking inventor

Interview with Writer and Budding Anthropologist Peter Rudiak-Gould
The Mindful Tourist is thrilled to have been able to sit down (virtually) with Peter Rudiak-Gould, author of Surviving Paradise, a memoir we recently reviewed right here on this site.  We talked with Peter about his new book, his experiences on Ujae, and his travels.  Mindful Tourist: As I mentioned in my review of your book, as

Vampire Tourism Good Enough to Sink Your Teeth Into
Imagine Danny and Sandy with fangs - it just doesn't get better! With vampire books, movies, and television shows abounding, it’s no wonder vampire tourism is now taking off as well.  Billed as the current cultural phenomenon, vampires  are now welcoming outsiders to share their lives for a short time as cultural tourists. We all know that vampires have long been shunted to the side in favor of other “my

Frugal Traveler DC Baby-Centric Story Leaves a Lot to be Desired
"Dad, let's spend all day on a bus together so we can bond." In one of the most inane traveler stories we’ve read in a while, the NYT Frugal Traveler takes his infant daughter for a day trip to Washington, DC.  From the ludicrous reasoning to spend 8 hours total in one day on a bus (so the 10 month old