One of the best ways to see New Zealand is on foot. The country is full of fabulous “tracks,” or what many people call hiking trails. When you head out in your hiking boots, it’s called “tramping.” There are countless day hikes, but if you have the time and are more ambitious, you can keep tramping for several days. My first hike was in the north of the South Island on the Queen Charlotte Track, not too far from...

The US may have its faults, but it also has places of stunning beauty, much of which can be accessed for a song in the form of our National Parks pass. $80 gains you entry for a year, and is one of the best deals in our country in my book. Over the past couple of years, while criss-crossing America between my adopted state of California and my birth state of Michigan, I was fortunate to see some of these astonishing places, including Zion,...