by Travis | May 20, 2018 | Belize, SCUBA, Trips, wildlife
Thinking about traveling halfway around the world to have an amazing ocean experience? Don’t do it! There is a place only a few hours away you can go and have a world class dive, snorkel, or beach experience at a very reasonable price! Belize is the place for...
by Travis | May 9, 2018 | Belize, Trips
Between the ATM cave, Belize Zoo, Xunantunich Ruins, St Herman’s Blue Hole and Cave, and Guanahste National Park there is so much to do in central Belize. And what better place as your base of operations than centrally located Belmopan! Each of these things is...
by Travis | May 4, 2018 | Guatemala, Trekking, Trips
5am. A time that always comes way to early in the morning. But today, 5am was a little too late. I was so excited to get up that i couldn’t sleep anyway. The time had finally come. A trip I had been dreaming about for 2 years was about to begin… A 6...
by JudyW | Apr 3, 2018 | Australia, closeencounters, Trips, wildlife
In the Part 1 of this article I talk about my search for Howler Monkeys in Costa Rica. That was a fantastic experience. Well no surprise that when I went to Australia I was on a mission to see the fabulous animals there too. My list for Australia was a big one – they...
by Travis | Mar 26, 2018 | Africa, egypt, Trips
Ever wonder what you’d do if you only had one day in a city with a 5000 year history and a 25 million person population? Recently Far From Local had a chance to experience just that as we tried to squeeze 5000 years of history into a single day…. This...
by Travis | Mar 25, 2018 | India, Trekking, Trips, wildlife
On a recent trip to India I was afforded the opportunity to do something that always is high on my list, visit a haunted place. Its far outside the normal tours and places that people see. But is it worth your time to go there? HECK YES! I’ve been to quite a...
