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I'm Steve Brock: traveler, photographer, and author of the new book Hidden Travel: The Secret to Extraordinary Trips.
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Learn new ways to select the perfect trip destination, be a more sustainable traveler or determine how to turn any trip into a quest. This workbook will help you plan a trip in a whole new way. Sign up on the Resources page to access the free workbook and other helpful ebooks, tip sheets and guides. Look the Other Way: Kirkjufell, Iceland
When visiting Iceland’s Kirkjufell mountain or neighboring Kirkjufellsfoss waterfalls, you’ll discover an entirely different world by looking the other way.
How to reduce stress and worry: Ten lessons from travel
Here are ten lessons from travel that will help you reduce your stress and worry at home. You don’t have to even take a trip to learn from them.
Look the other way: Budir Black Church, Iceland
Most people, when visiting Iceland’s iconic Budir Black Church, only photograph the church. But there’s so much more there if you look the other way there.
Piran, Slovenia and the joy of wandering
Piran, Slovenia is like a mini version of Venice without the canals but with labyrinth-like alleys that make this small city on the Adriatic a perfect place to experience the sheer joy of wandering.
Slovenia’s Tolmin Gorge versus Vintgar Gorge
Tolmin Gorge and Vintgar Gorge are both stunning geological wonders in Slovenia. Both have their merits. How you do you choose between them? By understanding what the key factors are that make a place special and how to pick places that are right for you.
One great day in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Discover how to see the best of Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, in one day. Learn about the must-see popular sites and the lesser-known wonders of this remarkable city.
Visual appeal: Plan your trips around what delights you most visually
What you see is what you get When planning where to go on a trip, don’t overlook one of the most important, seemingly obvious and least considered aspects of travel: The visual appeal to you of the places you’ll visit. Now obviously, travel consists of so much more than what you see. In particular, the people you meet tend to be highlights of your trip. But also the…
Chiusa, Italy: Small town with a big view
Chiusa and the serendipity of travel Discovering some unknown (to you) place on your own is one of the great joys of travel. No one has recommended it to you, guidebooks may barely mention it and yet, once there, you wonder, “Why have I never heard of this place before?” Most people head to the Dolomites – that craggy region of northern Italy – to hike amid its…