About Matt Long
Who am I? I am a typical Gen-Xer and recovering cubicle-dweller who has a passion for all things travel. My site brings a unique perspective that is hard to find online. I am not a backpacker, nor am I...
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Visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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LandLopers Picks of the Week
1. Adventurous Kate The first impressions we have of a new place are not only the strongest, but they are usually the most honest. We reflect without the filters of time and memory and instead provide an unfettered look at our experiences. Such is the… -
News and Deals: May 17, 2013 – Early word on new mega-cruise ship: It’s a winner, Vice Premier to Chinese tourists: Be polite!, American Airlines: Passengers without rolling suitcases can board first and ‘Amazing’ hotel deals in Europe, but getting there ….
Early word on new mega-cruise ship: It’s a winner USA TODAY And the verdict is … it’s a winner. After a week of inaugural festivities for Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Norwegian Breakaway that included orientation tours for thousands of travel agents and journalists, the early… -
News and Deals: May 16, 2013 – Flier’s Whitney Houston cover forces AA flight to divert, Nonsmoking’ Hotel Rooms May Not Fully Protect You, Another cruise line cuts back in Europe and UK Foreign Office Reveals List Of Weird Requests
Flier’s Whitney Houston cover forces AA flight to divert USA Today An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York diverted to Kansas City last week after a passenger refused to stop singing Whitney Houston songs. The story, one of the more unusual unruly…
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Meet South Africa Instagram Video
I returned just a few days ago from beautiful South Africa, where I was part of an exciting project designed to promote the country. The campaign included 15 international bloggers following a variety of different routes around the country in order to explore and share… -
Tigers, Leopards and Wolves – Saving Lives at Norden’s Ark in Sweden
The drive along the E6 from Gothenburg to the small area of Hunnebostrand in Western Sweden was the perfect first introduction to the landscapes of Sweden. Spring had not yet arrived, but it was threatening and the earliest of buds and blades of grass were… -
Quick Thoughts on South Africa
As I board a plane back home to Washington, DC today I find myself reflecting on my second experience traveling through South Africa. After my first visit last year to Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula I fell in love, but I wasn’t sure how… -
42 Things I Love About West Sweden
I was in Sweden as part of the Car Plus Vacation promotion, highlighting Volvo’s program that allows overseas buyers to receive complimentary tickets to Sweden and to drive their new car around before Volvo ships it home for them. They’re also running a sweepstakes right… -
Travel Obsession: Still Thinking About Paradise and the South Pacific
So a few months ago I wrote about my obsession with the South Pacific and while I’ve never visited, it remains a place I think of often. Well lately it seems as if the universe is conspiring against me and wants to only add fuel… -
Antarctica in Five Words
Antarctica isn’t your normal travel experience; it’s extreme in just about every way imaginable from how you get there to what you see during the trip. There are a lot of ways to describe and share this experience, but these five words encapsulate it for… -
Exploring the Colonial Town of St. George’s in Bermuda
I didn’t know a lot about Bermuda before I first visited as the guest of Bermuda Tourism, and that’s my fault. I was busy and while I was really excited to visit for the first time, I hadn’t done the normal research I conduct before… -
How to Buy a Car and Visit Sweden for Free (Plus a Sweepstakes!)
Last week I was in Sweden as part of an initiative cosponsored by Volvo, Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourism and Skåne Tourism. The goal was to highlight a sweepstakes they have going on and to bring more attention to a cool program Volvo runs for… -
I Was Supposed to Like Florence, Italy
So this has happened before. I travel to a destination, sometimes one that is universally loved, but I don’t have a great experience. I’ve written about it before and it happens to everyone, but I was shocked ( and still am) that it happened to… -
Meet South Africa: Adventure Travel Itinerary
Last week I received an unconventional invitation in my email inbox from South Africa Tourism. It was a video inviting me to return to South Africa and explore more of this wonderful country. In August 2012, I was part of a remarkable campaign to highlight… -
Seeing the Two Faces of Malmo, Sweden
The last stop on my brief but thorough trip through the regions of West Sweden and the Skåne was Malmö, a city I was a little nervous to visit. I was nervous because I made the mistake of listening to what others thought of the… -
Rum Reimagined – The National Cocktails of Bermuda (Including Recipes)
It seems that every place I visit has a special wine, beer or cocktail for which it is famous. Islands tend to have a higher concentration of liquid refreshments, but few have I enjoyed as much as the official, unofficial national drinks of Bermuda –… -
The Law That Isn’t – The American Ban on Travel to Cuba
A couple of weeks ago Beyonce and Jay-Z made the news not for their relationship or musical abilities, but because they dared to visit Cuba. One of the very few places in the world where Americans cannot freely visit, Cuba is a frustrating travel consideration… -
42 Things I Love About Bermuda
1. Avoiding the Triangle 2. Learning very fast that everyone knows each other 3. Exploring the Dockyards area 4. Fresh rockfish (If that’s your thing) 5. Learning how to make a Rum Swizzle 6. Walking around the hip but laid back city of Hamilton 7…. -
Sweden Itinerary and Your Chance to Win A Swedish Adventure
So today I leave for Sweden, a new country for me and one that I’ve wanted to visit for a very long time. Knowing what I do and don’t like, I’ve always thought that I would love Sweden – this week I find out…
