Our Stories

Travel is essentially about storytelling, about sharing what we discover of our global home.  This blog is about just that — the unusual, the unique, the gems  — from Tombée du Ciel, House Fallen from the Sky, to the ghost trees of India, to the Bolivian cemetery where trains are buried. There are countless stories, large and very small, that we come across as we travel the globe. It would be a shame to pass them by without notice.

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Safari on…

Date: September 15, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The Swahili word safari means journey, and the verb for “to travel” in Swahili is kusafiri. Safari became part of...

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Paint this

Date: September 8, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Painting the body and face with natural pigments including clay and ingredients such as berries has been used from our...

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To the artists of labor

Date: September 1, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a...

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So sari

Date: August 25, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

India’s culture is among the world’s oldest, and the sari, or saree, is among the oldest known forms of dress....

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The Great Travel Transformation

Date: August 18, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

When it comes to sustainability, we have traveled a long, inspiring, exciting and sometimes bumpy road. But make no mistake the...

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What a collection of spots

Date: August 11, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

It was once thought that there were as many as 27 leopard subspecies, which were described by naturalists between 1794...

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Discover your Travel DNA

Date: August 4, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

We came upon the unique idea for Distinctive Navigator Analyzer – DNA one day in the company kitchen during a casual conversation. We quickly recognized...

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Infierno de Masaya, Nicaragua

Date: July 28, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

“There is nothing like staring down the caldera of an active volcano,” said Ashish Sanghrajka during a recent journey to...

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It’s in your DNA

Date: July 21, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The Navigator Series® Edition III is a reference book of the possible. And with it, we present our Distinctive Navigator Analyzer, DNA. You...

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The answer has always been right in front of us

Date: July 19, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

I have brown skin. I am from Africa. Am I a jihadist? I have a 9-year-old son, and he has...

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