Fly Brother is proud to announce that it is an official media partner of the 5th annual New York Travel Festival (NY Trav Fest), happening April 20-23, 2017, at several locations in Manhattan. The festival is a series of engaging, educational events for people whose lives are touched by travel: members of the travel industry, travel […]
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On this week’s show, I’m interviewing photographer, entrepreneur, and trekker Alovaddin Kalonov of Paramount Journey, direct from the small Asian country of Tajikistan. Alovaddin is an avid trekker and adventure sports enthusiast whose love for the pristine beauty of the Tajik landscape, people, and culture led him to start his own tour company. We talk
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If you’re anything like me, you prefer the freedom and ease of traveling solo. When you’re alone, there’s no one else’s agenda to consider but yours. But, no (wo)man is an island, and sometimes, it’s nice to hit the islands, or wherever else strikes your fancy, with a group of like-minded individuals. Here are a
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On this week’s show, I’m interviewing Fly Sister Claire Soares, Entrepreneuse, World Traveler, and Adventure Planner Extraordinaire from Egypt. Claire is the mastermind behind luxury travel company, Up in the Air Life, among many other ventures! We talk courage, completion, and, of course, travel on the Fly Brother Radio Show. Tune in and get lifted!
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As it flows northward from Aswan to Edfu to Luxor, the Nile River remains quiet and unbothered by little more than the small vessels zipping across the glassy surface. Over the course of the Nile’s various ages, it is the sturdy, wind-powered felucca that remains the most evocative and romantic of the river’s watercraft. The
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“For, as Mr. Ferguson was saying at that minute in Luxor, it is not the past that matters but the future.” –Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile Ah, but the past informs the future, and with a past extending back four millennia, the lands and peoples and monuments of Nubia and Upper Egypt prove themselves
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Timeless: the only word that can adequately describe the Nile River as it courses smoothly through the ancient lands of Upper Egypt and storied Nubia. The boats that ply the great river like ants across stone are made from reed and wood and metal, their compositions mirroring the technological advances that seem to have only
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Today, I joined the good folks at Up In the Air Life, luxury excursion planners extraordinaire, for a four-day cruise along the Upper Nile River from Luxor to Aswan amid some of Ancient Egypt’s most spectacular sites. Aboard the five-star Sun Boat IV, operated by Sanctuary Retreats, a group of 66 adventurous American travelers mix
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On this week’s episode of the Fly Brother Radio Show, I’m interviewing my good friend and fly sister Oneika the Traveller direct from New York City. Oneika is a freelance writer and travel media maven who’s been to over 90 countries and worked in several, including Hong Kong, Mexico, and the UK. We laugh and
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This week, I’ll be heading east for an eclectic, exciting three-week sojourn to England, South Africa, and Egypt. The trip is ostensibly for work—I’ve got a media event happening in each place—but there’s obviously a bit of fun to be had as well. Here’s the rundown… Transit Brunch in NYC with Oneika the Traveller On
