culture
Get the authentic cultural experience on your next foreign jaunt. Wander like a local; here, there, and everywhere.
What It’s Like Growing up in a Tourist Area
There are certain sights a tourist may never see. In areas that seem like seaside paradise in the summer, it's hard to imagine a snow-covered beach in the winter. People who keep on visiting their favorite vacation places regardless of when the peak season is can get a glimpse of what it's like for locals to watch the ebb and flow of humanity each off-season.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA5 years ago in Wander
A Weekend in Ireland (Travel from Home #9)
As St. Patrick’s Day is this month, and because I’m part Irish, I decided March would be the perfect time to fake travel to the emerald isle. I had so many choices before me when I began planning my travel from home trip to Ireland that I ended up making a whole weekend out of the adventure. That meant multiple meals, desserts, movies, and books! It was time-consuming, especially as I’m not a cook, but I have no regrets.
By Kate McDevitt5 years ago in Wander
A Long, Good Thanks
Finding a whole, fresh turkey in Mexico is like discovering a sale on veal cutlets down at the baby petting zoo; ain’t gonna happen. Yet during my first-ever, five hour Thanksgiving shopping spectacular at the local MegaMart in Guanajuato, Mexico, I did manage to find a smoked turkey frozen solid and dating back to sometime before the second Bush presidency.
By Christopher Locke5 years ago in Wander
Alabama Gulf Coast Prehistory
Several years ago, my wife and I were sitting on the beach in Orange Beach, Alabama. I like to keep busy even when I'm resting, so I was casually sifting sand through my fingers. When doing that, I usually find tiny seashells or fragments of larger ones. This time I felt something different and being an avid arrowhead hunter, I knew what it was: worked stone. In about five minutes, I had found a half dozen broken arrowheads and knives.
By Bill Coleman5 years ago in Wander
Tales Of Goblins, Ghosts, Gods, And Men
Hawaiian Myths and Legends That Will Make You Want to Visit the Big Island, Hawaii Mysterious fables of forest spirits and stories of souls taken by the sea define the Big Island. Living in the shadow of the most active volcano on earth, island residents “talk story” using the tales of ghosts, goblins, gods, and men to understand the complex diversity of this “Paradise of the Pacific;” the youngest of the Hawaiian Islands.
By Marlene Affeld5 years ago in Wander
Raiders of the Lost Creek. Top Story - March 2021.
In July of 2007, The Las Vegas Springs Preserve opened for the first time. The public and the press came out in droves. There were big photo ops, a ribbon cutting, lots of politicians and officials smiling for cameras, and speeches. Head of the Las Vegas Valley Water Commission, Pat Mulroy, spoke of saving the Las Vegas Springs, including the original settlement earlier called Big Springs, and congratulating everyone on the continuing construction of the massive complex called the Springs Preserve.
By Jonathan Warren5 years ago in Wander
07 Facts about Kashmir that you don't know
Kashmir! The paradise on earth. How many of you have visited Kashmir? Probably every 1 out of 100 has visited Kashmir. But do you know what Kashmir is famous for? Beauty! Yes, that is but do you know Kashmir is famous for its delicious food cuisine also. Hop in to know 6 mind-blowing facts about Kashmir that you might not know.
By Zeeshan Mushtaq Lone5 years ago in Wander
Purple Dream, Black Book
Purple Dream, Black Book Chapter One: Creatures Strumming the guitar my father began to sing in his ancient tongue. Although I was only two years old at the time, I still to this day can recall the melody. First in native tongue then in English, he would play until my eyes were heavy enough to say shut.
By Aaron Ross5 years ago in Wander
The neighborhood where I grew up
I arrived with my family from a province, to the capital in search of better living conditions, after the war had ravaged the country for 22 years, it was a devastating war, many people died, I lost my grandfather and many close family members, friends of my parents, neighbors, I saw a lot of people dying, I remember that time as if it were today, luckily and thank God we came to the capital of the country and stopped in a neighborhood of the capital where the security conditions were better than we lived in the province, I was 8 years old when we moved in with my mother and my three brothers.
By Gime - Toca5 years ago in Wander
