By Eric Goldring
The Aurora Expeditions and Goldring Travel Indonesia and Borneo expedition on the Greg Mortimer continued with our time exploring more in the water, as opposed to on the land (and orangutans), coming to an end…but if it is going out, it is going to go out with a bang! Our
The “In the Wake of Wallace” Indonesia and Borneo expedition on Aurora Expeditions picked up pace after a bit more than a day at sea. It was interesting to see how, when on this sort of expedition in remote areas with wide variances in tides, poor navigational charts, and limited
This expedition is my fourth venture into Indonesia; a vast country with incredibly varied cultures, cuisine, flora, and fauna. Anyone who has been to Indonesia and says they “have been there and done that” has never really experienced Indonesia and is missing out. I had Claude create a map of
The October 24, 2026 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Journey through Indonesia & Borneo on Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer is my fourth journey to Indonesia. It is a vast and incredibly diverse country that I have only started to scratch the surface of. But this journey starts with a journey
I am thrilled to announce that Goldring Travel’s Making Waves Articles has won another accolade: A Magellan Award from the travel industry’s leading publication Travel Weekly Magazine for: Individual Travel Advisor – Marketing-Blog. Two years ago, Making Waves Articles was also featured in a Travel Weekly article: Everyone’s a critic,
It has been a long time since I visited the Baltic region, and other than Svalbard, I haven’t spent much time in Norway since 2015. These areas combine incredible history, cultural and culinary diversity, and spectacular beauty in both nature and architecture…and some quirky things too! With Explora Journeys’ Explora
There are so many times I hear, “You’ve been everywhere,” when, actually, I haven’t been. I always respond that just because I have been to someplace in X doesn’t mean I have been everywhere in X and that revisiting places you’ve been exposes you to new things every time. And,
In a way, this is an “I told you so” kind of article, but in a positive and productive way. This article has a happy ending. I swear! Because when positive changes are made, I think it is important to call them out equally to those that I
Sometimes it is hard to keep United States politics out of discussions of travel and my commentaries. This is one of those times when it is not only appropriate to discuss, but must be. Trump’s war in Iran (whether you agree with it or not) has impacts that reach far
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