Nick Rowlands
AFAR Media
California, United States
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Video: How to See Dubai in Two Minutes
We've already explained why AFAR Experiences Dubai was such an amazing trip. Here's another reason: One of our attendees shot this video in absolute stealth mode (none of us had any idea he was filming!) and sent it our way as a thank you. Even though he wishes to remain anonymous, he was kind en... → Read More
AFAR Experiences Dubai by the Numbers
We just got back from AFAR Experiences Dubai, and it was an amazing, eye-opening adventure. Forty attendees, including nine staff, spent four days in Dubai learning from a wide range of speakers about Dubai's past, present, and future. Some of what we saw and heard was quite literally incredible.... → Read More
How to Do a Desert Safari in Dubai
AFAR Experiences Dubai is underway (learn more here), and although we've only been here since Thursday evening, we've already packed a lot in. That includes talks about Dubai and the wider region's past, present, and future with bestselling author Parag Khanna and former U.S. ambassador to Dubai ... → Read More
Will Dubai Become the Smartest City in the World?
We can’t believe how quickly 2016 has started, and AFAR Experiences Dubai is just around the corner, kicking off next week on February 4. We are super excited to learn more about this entrepreneurial city and the way it continues to reinvent itself. One of our speakers who is very much involved w... → Read More
Learning AFAR Holiday Challenge: Three Days Left to Change a Life
Each year, Learning AFAR, a partnership between AFAR and No Barriers Youth, sends schoolkids from under-served communities in the United States on life-changing expeditions abroad. In 2015, for example, 161 students from schools in NYC, Oakland, LA, Chicago, and Fort Collins traveled to China or ... → Read More
Our Most Memorable 2015 Travel Experiences II: Seeking Stillness
When pigs can swim My most memorable experience was going to the Exuma Cays in the Bahamas, where there were nurse sharks, swimming pigs, and wild iguanas—the only place that has all three! We went to another small island, called Stocking Island, where there were beautiful white-sand beaches with... → Read More
Our Most Memorable 2015 Travel Experiences I: Making Connections
Van the ManOn August 31, with rain pouring down from a gray Belfast sky, my wife, Robin, and I sat in folding chairs on Cypress Avenue as Van Morrison took the stage to perform the first of two back-to-back 90-minute concerts to celebrate his 70th birthday. The tree-lined, upscale Cypress Avenue ... → Read More
What AFAR Staffers Learned from Travel in 2015
As you might imagine, AFAR staffers travel a lot. Here's what we learned this year during our travels.Some cities will always surprise you I learned that gourmands won’t go hungry in Belfast, a surprisingly walkable and hospitable city that is in the throes of a locavore revolution. I also learne... → Read More
Detour 2.0 audio walking tour app released
We've been following Detour closely since it launched at the start of this year, and it's exciting to see the walking tour app's latest evolution. For those who don't know, the folks at Detour produce immersive and super-engaging audio walking tours of world cities, narrated by locals who have a ... → Read More
The One Thing You Absolutely CANNOT Carry-On to a Plane
If you follow the TSA propaganda Instagram account (and you should), you know people try to take some batamarang-shit crazy stuff onto planes. But there's one item you absolutely must never, ever try to carry on, and it's something that rarely gets mentioned.Earlier this year, my wife Cheri and I... → Read More
The One Thing You Absolutely CANNOT Carry-On to a Plane
If you follow the TSA propaganda Instagram account (and you should), you know people try to take some batamarang-shit crazy stuff onto planes. But there's one item you absolutely must nev... → Read More
Q&A with Victoria Fantauzzi, Who Just Raised $24K for Learning AFAR!
We were stunned recently to learn that a reader had put on an event that raised around $24,000 for Learning AFAR—our partnership with No Barriers Youth that funds international travel for... → Read More
The One Thing You Absolutely CANNOT Carry-On to a Plane
If you follow the TSA propaganda Instagram account (and you should), you know people try to take some batamarang-shit crazy stuff onto planes. But there's one item you absolutely must nev... → Read More
7 Unusual Ways Coffee Is Made around the World
Espresso, French press, slow drip, frappemochawaccuccino. Coffee preparation can be baffling—and that’s just in your local Starbucks. There are many other ways coffee is made around the ... → Read More
5 Places Ai Weiwei Should Visit Now He Has His Passport Back
Today, four years after the Chinese government banned him from traveling abroad, Ai Weiwei got his passport back. Detained in 2011 on charges of tax evasion—which he claims was an attemp... → Read More
What to Know If You Travel to a Muslim Country During Ramadan
Travel to a Muslim country during Ramadan requires a bit more thought, but can be a great time to visit. Here’s a primer on what you need to know. 1. Research First up, you need to check... → Read More
15 Gorgeous Old Photos of Archaeological Sites
Luxor Temple, Egypt, circa 1858 —Francis Frith [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons I remember the first time I saw the Pyramids of Giza. Looming out from the desert on the outskirts o... → Read More
14 Times Travel Went Really, Really Wrong for AFAR Staffers
When travel goes “wrong” is often much more interesting than when it goes “right.” And the funny thing is, one often leads to the other. We asked AFAR staff to share their tales of woe—a... → Read More
17 Travel Quotes Reinvented for the Modern Age
Travel quotes are inspirational, humorous, perceptive, sometimes sad—but rarely, it seems, updated. Which is a shame, given how quickly travel is changing. For today’s traveler, smartpho... → Read More
Beautiful Photos of Iconic New Orleans Architecture
Henry Howard: Louisiana’s Architect, by Robert Brantley with Victor McGee, published by Princeton Architectural Press and The Historic New Orleans Collection (2015). Henry Howard was a N... → Read More