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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Sacred Valley – 13°20.30’S – 72°02.52’W

Date: July 14, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Tucked away on an old corn plantation in one of the most remote farms of the Urubamba (Sacred) Valley, explora...

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Plan it or wing it?

Date: July 7, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

It seems that some people strategize down to the very last detail while others are seat-of-your-pants folks. One study asked...

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Kith, kin, kindred

Date: June 29, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Although distinctly different, America and Canada share much in spirit, diversity, and ideas as well as a 5,525-mile border. We also...

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That Face

Date: June 23, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The first photograph ever taken is said to be “View from the Window at Le Gras” [Circa, 1826]. It was...

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Night Lights

Date: June 16, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Stroll through the charming old town of Hoi An, Vietnam any evening and you notice them glowing outside restaurants, shops and hotels...

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The Power of Three

Date: June 9, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The world, it seems, happens in threes… Trinity, triad, triangle, trimester, trident, tripod… Three is a symbol of universal significance,...

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Happy Madaraka, Kenya

Date: June 2, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

Madaraka is Swahili for ‘freedom’. June 1st commemorated the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963, preceding full independence...

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Pretty Perfect

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

“It’s like coming home,” said Ashish Sanghrajka, president of Big Five. That is how he describes the feeling that embodies...

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Sling a Sling

Date: May 12, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

For many of us, an iconic image of summer involves the great outdoors, a hammock and a tall glass of...

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Kandy and the Tooth

Date: May 5, 2016 | By: bigfive | Travel Blog

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Maligawa, houses one of the most sacred artifacts of Buddhism –...

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