Paul Padia and Alexandra Echery, San Francisco We went because: We were celebrating 40 years on Earth, and I guess we had something to prove ... more

1 Australia: After three campers were bitten by dingoes in recent weeks on Queensland's Fraser Island, rangers closed two campgrounds in an effort to keep ... more

It is 5 a.m. and you find yourself as light as a feather with the breeze blowing under your trembling limbs. Suddenly the dreaded "beep, ... more

If you've ever been in the market for a travel journal and looked covetously upon a Moleskine notebook - "the legendary notebook of Hemingway, Picasso ... more

Say your Aunt Millicent in London dies on Monday and you have to be there for the funeral by Thursday. Or your boss tells you ... more

Santa Cruz's famous Steamer Lane hosts more than 150 of the world's best paddle-powered surfers next weekend for the 24th Annual Santa Cruz Kayak Surf ... more