http://matadortravel.com/taxonomy/term/1444/0 en http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/croatia/jay-martin/otok-brac-vacation-from-vacation <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The phylloxera swept across the terraced hills of Otok Brać – Island of Brać – in the early 1900s, invading the soil.&nbsp; Native to </i><i>North America</i><i>, the tiny yellow aphids traveled across the sea to </i><i>Europe</i><i> in the late 1800s, feeding on vino roots and spreading their wine death...<!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/croatia/jay-martin/otok-brac-vacation-from-vacation">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/croatia/jay-martin/otok-brac-vacation-from-vacation#comment Authentic Cultural Interacting with locals Off the beaten path authentic culture croatia Vacation Sun, 11 May 2008 15:09:45 -0500 Jay Martin 74541 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/barbados/deva/the-real-barbados <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>It's easy, and common,&nbsp;to write the Caribbean - and particularly, these smaller, more elite islands of the Eastern Caribbean&nbsp;- off as resort-saturated, tourist-tsunamied outposts of travel consumerism. Most folks looking for "authentic culture" probably figure the islands are well and...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/barbados/deva/the-real-barbados">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/barbados/deva/the-real-barbados#comment 13.051880 -59.510529 13.051880 -59.510529 13.051880 -59.510529 authentic culture Barbados Other Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:15:47 -0500 deva 71238 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/thailand/ross/into-the-jungle-camping-with-an-indigenous-hill-tribe-in-chiang-mai <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Ok guys, this is a really long journal enrty…but if you want to know how to survive in the jungle, you should read the whole thing ;)</p> <p>Before we had even left Chiang Mai for the <a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-writing/thailand/evolution/from-the-ground-up-planting-seeds-in-northern-thailand">Pun Pun Farm</a>, we lined up a guide for a two-day—one-night trek into the remote jungle, where we would camp...</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/thailand/ross/into-the-jungle-camping-with-an-indigenous-hill-tribe-in-chiang-mai">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/thailand/ross/into-the-jungle-camping-with-an-indigenous-hill-tribe-in-chiang-mai#comment 18.799999 98.980003 18.799999 98.980003 18.799999 98.980003 authentic culture Chiang Mai jungle trek outdoor adventure thailand Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:42:55 -0500 Ross 31421 at http://matadortravel.com