Hiking in PeruAirline challenges and travel insurance - the fun begins! Teresa Thompson (Hot Metal Mama) doesn't let challenges stand in her way. Even though she'd never been to South America before, she was ready to just go.

Missing Out on LifeGood luck! Julia wrote in my intro, "Dez Bartelt is who I want to be when I grow up." Well, Julia, this is what I tell other women who make that statement: Don't wait - do it now. Life is too short to miss out on the adventure. There are no excuses.

Forget what you think of prisons. Spending a night in the slammer is the newest (and sometimes cheapest) way to travel the world. Questionable karma aside, going willingly into the lock-up is just odd enough to make me want to try it. Shackles are not de rigueur.

Cook Island HideawayIn 1773, Captain James Cook discovered the 15-island archipelago. In 1824, a Russian cartographer named the islands in honor of the captain. In 2006, Jeff Probst made them famous with Survivor: Cook Islands....

Fishy Spa TreatmentsIf you're partner leaves for work before you've had your first coffee, kiss your chance for a quickie body scrub goodbye - and put up with scaly elbows for the day. Until now. The Fish Spa in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong...

Snorkeling in ParadiseWatermelon Cay - a solitary islet perfect for snorkeling. Just 200yds off St. John's northern coast you'll find a reef chockablock with parrotfish, stingrays and starfish. In the 1800s it was used for duels and is still popular today for the same reasons - far away from people and hard to reach.