Photo credit Our ManAboutWorld Correspondent Kai Whiting is a Colombia-based journalist who submitted this piece about Bogota’s expanding gay community centered around the gay-p0pular Chapinero district. This year has air carriers offering new and more frequent routes to the Colombian capital. In short, getting here has never been easier. This is good, because Colombia isContinue reading “Bogota, Colombia’s Gay Side”
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ManAboutWorld’s May Issue Ready For Download!
ManAboutWorld’s latest issue is ready for download. Subscribers: Open your iPad, tap on ManAboutWorld, go to Library, download, lean back, and enjoy. Non-subscribers may find us in the AppStore. Or click on our website to subscribe and get access to all our back issues. Get ready to rock pride around the world with our wrap up and guideContinue reading “ManAboutWorld’s May Issue Ready For Download!”
Worth Traveling For? Heathers, The Musical
ManAboutWorld Global Correspondent Rich Martino is also a man about town in New York, taking in plays and shows and reporting on them for us occasionally. Is a show worth traveling for? Rich sounds off on Heathers the Musical. Fans of the late eighties dark comedy film will not be disappointed with this witty and camp musicalContinue reading “Worth Traveling For? Heathers, The Musical”
Parting Shots: John Coe’s Spain
ManAboutWorld Global Correspondent John Coe’s life can be summed up as a photographic journey with images defining milestones and bringing life to the mundane. During childhood, his father, a talented photographer in his own right, instilled a passion for telling stories through visual imagery. Over the years, John has exhibited his images in over 25 photoContinue reading “Parting Shots: John Coe’s Spain”
New York Pride Is Around The Corner
June is a big month for Pride around the world but one of the biggest and best celebrations is right in New York. Let’s not forget it all started here back in June 1969, too, with the Stonewall Riots, which kicked off a global LGBT movement that keeps growing. ManAboutWorld’s soon-to-be-released May issue has an insider’sContinue reading “New York Pride Is Around The Corner”
Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent: Scott Hillier
Growing up in southwestern Missouri, Scott never imagined he would get to leave the state let alone have the opportunity to travel the world. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and sang with the Whiffenpoofs, the country’s oldest collegiate a cappella group. He has traveled to moreContinue reading “Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent: Scott Hillier”
Travel Tip Thursday: Top 6 Tips for Maximizing Miles
By Billy Kolber, ManAboutWorld Back in college, I worked a United promotion to earn a free first class ticket to Hawaii by booking a transcon trip in six segments and 8,000 flown miles. The paid ticket cost me $306, a fraction of the value I earned from the trip, and it launched a lifetime addictionContinue reading “Travel Tip Thursday: Top 6 Tips for Maximizing Miles”
Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15
The 2nd annual give out day is tomorrow, Thursday, May 15. Read about it here. The IGLTA Foundation is participating. The Foundation’s mission* is “to use the power of LGBT travel to build bridges with communities worldwide. Those bridges, in turn, enable understanding, awareness and commerce to flourish in diverse communities around the globe.” ManAboutWorld is a proud supporter.Continue reading “Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15”
ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid
Over a dozen ManAboutWorld correspondents attended the IGLTA’s 31st annual Convention, May 8-11. Here are eight of them from left to right, including their specialty, nationality and current city. What a worldly, hard-working, passionate group! Auston Matta: Travel blogger; U.S.; Madrid Nadav Peretz: Gay tours in Israel; Israeli; Tel Aviv DJ Yabis: Customized European vacations; Filipino; DusseldorfContinue reading “ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid”
Good Morning, Bangkok
It’s going to be a hectic few days for me as I traverse Thailand, from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to Phuket to Koh Phi Phi. Here’s a photo of the stunning view from the rooftop of the Sofitel So Bangkok hotel overlooking the verdurous treetops and epic skyline just beyond. If you have any Thailand photos or stories fromContinue reading “Good Morning, Bangkok”