TRAVELS

Meet John Roberts—Director of Elephants

August 30, 2010......Anyone who has visited Thailand will be familiar with the Kingdom’s reverence for its elephants. Once the country’s esteemed logging workforce, these three-ton beauties remain sacredly associated with royalty, and to this day take pride of place in parade festivities. Yet despite the strong bond between Thai people and their nation’s most genteel species, there are still a worrying number of elephants forced to meander the city streets to make their mahout a miserly living by begging from tourists. [ MORE .. ]

An Anthology - What is "Travels" all about?

Dateline: Bangkok, May 2010... My travel journal started out in 1986 as Letters from Abroad, but since some people weren’t sure whether Abroad was one word or two ;-), I changed the title of the advertising-free, twenty-two-page, subscription-only monthly to Edward Carter’s Travels©. It continued in hardcopy form until it was launched on the Internet, August 31, 1995. As such, it is one of the oldest, independent, travel reference sites, and has become virtually mandatory reading for travellers and travel and hospitality professionals around the world. The excerpts in this anthology introduce you to some of my [ MORE .. ]

Kona Village, Hawaii

Dateline: Kona Village, Hawaii: Maybe it's more idyllic in February, maybe it's not. But I sure wouldn't repeat paying that kind of money to spend what can only be described as Parents' Week at Camp. Even for those of you looking for a terrific spot to take the family, just remember that when the kids are here, they rule the roost, the schedule, and the atmosphere. [ MORE .. ]