Are these Spanish islands the next adventure hotspot?
The Canary Islands have wine, waves, wind, and prehistoric forests.
Vermont travel writer Jen Rose Smith covers adventure, remote places, and traditional cuisine from a home base in the Green Mountains. Her articles have appeared in National Geographic Adventure, American Way, Nexos, Condé Nast Traveler, Backpacker, AFAR, Rolling Stone,USA Today, and Outside Online. Jen is also the author of six travel guidebooks to Vermont and New England, including the award-winning New England Road Trips.
From tropical mountains to the desert, Jen's writing has taken her to some of the world's most spectacular places. Recent adventures include trekking the Borneo highlands, cycling around Peru's highest peak, and a long walk from the Red Sea to the summit of Mount Sinai. She's currently training for the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race.
Lonely Planet •
8th January 2020
Penn Museum's refugee, immigrant guides
The divination basket rests in the climate-controlled quiet of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, half a world from the tropical heat of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
Virtuoso Life Magazine •
3rd January 2020
Rum Luck: A Spirited Tradition Gets Fresh Life in Barbados
Tropical cloudbursts tousle the sugarcane fields at Mount Gay, urging their grassy scent toward a cavernous bond house filled with aging rum. Time turns slowly among the oak barrels, which are stamped with the name of the world’s longest-running rum maker, in Barbados’ rural Saint Lucy Parish...
Fodors Travel Guide •
11th September 2019
Adventure travelers are obsessed with this tiny patch of jungle
The Darién Gap is a wild and beautiful place that’s become a dangerous obsession for generations of travelers.
American Way •
4th September 2019
Colombia is for Cyclists
We traveled to Colombia to explore the mountains and we found a country in love with bikes.
CNN Travel •
1st January 2020
CNN's 20 best places to visit in 2020
Whether you want to relax on a remote island off the coast of Africa, ride Germany's coolest trains or spot howling monkeys in South America, there is much to explore heading into a new decade in 2020.
Japan will be hosting the Summer Olympics, Jamaica will be marking the late Bob Marley's 75th birthday, and Washington will be on pins and needles for much of the year preparing for the US presidential election.
We don't know whether Chile's long-planned celebration around the December solar ecl
Condé Nast Traveler •
19th October 2019
11 Travel Memoirs Written by Some of the World’s Most Adventurous Women
Whether you’re planning a voyage of your own or piling up your fall reading list, these books are ideal companions for a trip into the unknown.
Condé Nast Traveler •
7th December 2019
20 Best Places to Go in 2020
What's my take? The steep and wild Canary Islands, with volcanic wines, big skies, and a tradition of star-worshipping.
Adventure.com •
10th June 2019
What can an economist teach travelers about risk?
After a close call on a flight over New Jersey, writer Jen Rose Smith wanted to learn more about how travelers can better deal with risk and uncertainty. So she got in touch with Allison Schrager—an economist, of all things.
Hook and Barrel •
28th August 2019
Fly fishing is back—and it's bigger than ever
"It's gonna happen sooner or later—you'll hook yourself or hook your friends, so pinch down your barbs." I'm knee-deep in the Battenkill River when I remember that advice...
Backpacker Magazine •
24th March 2019
America's Hardest Hikes
Whether it’s big elevation changes, big miles, or big moves, these 23 routes prove that the best hikes are often the hardest. There’s a world of adventure out there—if you’re strong enough to seize it.
CNN Travel •
18th July 2018
Trekking Bolivia's Cordillera Real
For travelers, the diminishing snowpack and melting glaciers lend some urgency to travel planning -- or they may arrive to find that snow and ice have given way to an entirely new landscape.
Outside Online •
20th December 2016
Sleeping Alone in the Woods While Female
When camping alone, I have a ritual that spans two or three nights. On the first evening, I stay up late with a novel, then half-sleep until sunrise, turning my ear toward every snapping twig. If one sleepless night doesn’t exhaust me, a second is sure to do the trick. By my third solo night in the forest, I could sleep through a horror film marathon.
Adventure.com •
5th December 2018
The Human Carpentry of Catalonia's Castellers
Equal parts flesh and architecture, the castellers’ craft is a kind of human carpentry, using their own muscle, sinew and bone as tools.
CNN Travel •
25th March 2019
Visiting a country that doesn't exist
A buffer zone splits this easternmost Mediterranean island in two, a 180-kilometer scar maintained by United Nations peacekeepers in one of the longest-running missions in history.
Atlas Obscura •
22nd March 2019
The Istanbul Food Detectives Recreating Ottoman Cuisine
Here’s a basic shopping list if you’re chef to the Ottoman sultan: The dried glands of a musk deer, a bushel of violets, ambergris from whale bellies, and handfuls of desert-harvested frankincense.
USA Today Go Escape •
21st June 2019
Katahdin Woods and Waters
Clear rivers and hiking trails unspool through dense forest in Katahdin Woods
and Waters. An ancient landscape, it’s also one of America’s youngest national monuments.
Playboy •
4th November 2018
Welcome to the Catalan Republic
A layer of white smoke waves over the crowd, along with hand-painted banners, Catalan flags, and a shower of sparks from a sputtering flare. “Ni oblit,” the people shouted, hoisting clenched fists and small children above their heads, “Ni perdò.” Neither forgotten, nor forgiven.
WorldNomads' USA Guide •
28th May 2019
A Slice of Portugal on Cape Cod
Steering between Cape Cod’s cranberry bogs and sand dunes, I spin the car radio dial in search of music. What I find surprises me, because instead of pop hits or country, I pick up the haunting sounds of a fado song coming from a Portuguese station.
Condé Nast Traveler •
13th May 2019
Hotels Where You Can Chase the Midnight Sun
For the ultimate midnight sun experience, travel beyond the Arctic Circle—at 66˚ of latitude, that invisible line marks the place where the sun stays above the horizon for 24 hours on the solstice.
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