Inspiring Travel Writing from Shelley Seale
Shelley Seale is a freelance writer based out of Austin Texas, but she vagabonds in any part of the world whenever possible. Her non-fiction book, The Weight of Silence, follows her journeys into the orphanages, streets and slums of India where millions of children live without families. Shelley's areas of writing speciality include travel, cultural issues, the arts, women & children, non-profit and social activism, entrepreneurship, business, architecture and interior design.
Shelley has written for National Geographic, Globe Pequot Press, Washington Magazine, Transitions Abroad and Andrew Harper Traveler Magazine among others. Her work has also been published in The Seattle Times, GoWorld Travel Magazine, Intrepid Travel, InfoChange India, The American Chronicle, The Austin Business Journal, Austin Monthly, San Antonio Express-News, Austin Woman and more.
Her mantra is "travel with a purpose."
Articles by Shelley Seale
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Children of India: A Volunteer Vacation
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Shelley Seale
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India
The idea of volunteering in another country has long been considered the province of students and recent graduates; images of intrepid twenty-year-old Peace Corps workers in a remote Sierra Leone village might spring to mind. Today, however, the...
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Central Cascades Region: National Geographic's Newest GeoTourism Project
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Shelley Seale
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United States
The pilot project seeks to contribute to the economic health of communities by promoting geotourism: tourism that sustains and enhances the geographical character of a place — its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being...
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Colorado Tops the List of Environmentally Friendly Ski Resorts
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Shelley Seale
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United States
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Colorado
The Ski Area Citizens Coalition has created a fantastic resource with their annual Ski Area Environmental Scorecard to help you choose the most environmentally friendly areas to hit the slopes. The Ski Area Environmental Scorecard is the only non-...
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Beyond Le Louvre in the Art World of Paris
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Shelley Seale
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
When art lovers think of the City of Lights, Le Louvre springs instantly to mind. Open since 1793, Le Louvre’s collection includes pieces from the Middle Ages through the mid-19th century. A must-see for Paris, Le Louvre attracts six million...
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Berlin’s Progressive Art Scene
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Shelley Seale
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Germany
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Berlin Region
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Berlin
In the late 1970s and 1980s, the wall’s concrete slabs provided a blank canvas for West Berliners, and it soon was covered with graffiti and political messages. The colorful expressions on the west side were in sharp contrast to the blank...
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Cultural Immersion in Cambodia
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Shelley Seale
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Cambodia
Sustainable travel is a way of traveling responsibly that seeks to minimize the environmental and cultural impacts of tourism, with the premise that tourism does not have to threaten the cultures and environments of popular destinations and fragile...
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Volcano by Land, Sea and Air
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Shelley Seale
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United States
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Hawaii
The crater seemed massive, huge billows of smoke pouring forth from underneath. And when the wind blew just the right way, and strong enough, glimpses of the lava and sulphur below were clearly visible. I could almost feel the wrath of the goddess...
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Angels of the Sea
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Shelley Seale
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United States
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Hawaii
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Kailua-Kona
The Pacific ocean waters surrounding the chain of islands formed millions of years ago by erupting volcanoes – that are still adding land today on the Big Island – are filled with diverse life including green sea turtles, humpback whales...
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Luxury Eco-Lodge in the Land of the Spirit Bear
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Shelley Seale
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Princess Royal Island
There, the luxury eco-resort seems to blend right into the breathtaking natural beauty that surrounds it, a place that is named for the endangered Kermode bear that inhabits this forest - known locally as the white spirit bear. One of the most...
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The Music Never Stops at Montreal Jazz Fest
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Shelley Seale
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Canada
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Quebec
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Montreal
The Montreal Jazz Festival - the most famous music festival in the world - features 11 days of nonstop musical entertainment in the heart of downtown Montreal. Approximately 2.5 million people each year venture to this cosmopolitan Canadian...