Best of the travel blogs: March 2016
Read excerpts from our three favourite blogs this month
Boston through new eyes
Boston. Growing up less than three hours away in Albany, it was a frequent destination for everything from historical field trips to wholesome vacations. Yet frankly, it was never my favourite. I always saw Boston as New York's uptight older sister, a buttoned-up city where last call was at 12:30, the unofficial uniform was Ugg boots and a North Face jacket, where parking was a horror show and the subway nonsensically stopped running before the bars closed. alexinwanderland.com
A Tour of Tennessee's Whiskey Distilleries
When you hear 'moonshine', what do you think of? Maybe a high-proof alcohol that's comparable to gasoline, or bootleggers during Prohibition selling crystal-clear alcohol in Mason jars making those who drink it go blind. You've probably come to know it as white lightning, hooch and mountain dew. But at the end of the day, that bottle of whiskey you have on your shelf at home actually began as moonshine. whiskeytangoglobetrot.com
The Story of the Kakapo
It's been almost two years since I was living in Wellington, and almost the exact moment I fell in love with New Zealand birds. My roommate dragged me camping on Matiu/Somes Island for the night, and it was the first of many New Zealand firsts for me. It was the first time I saw the Southern Cross and the clearest Milky Way I've ever seen. I saw tuatara (native New Zealand reptiles or I'm fairly convinced, tiny dinosaurs), wetas (dinosaur bugs that can grow larger than your hand) and little blue penguins. youngadventuress.com
Published in the March 2016 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK)
