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Greece’s Northern Beaches Top Destination for Rowers (and non-Rowers!)
I’m feeling giddy. We climb the crest of one big roller and careen into the trough of another. I’m here on the big, blue swells of the Aegean Ocean in Halkidiki, trying hard to pay more attention to my rowing instructor, and less to the cerulean swells of water surrounding me in this wee double…
How to order coffee while rowing in places around the world
We are not experts on whether coffee for rowers makes them go faster or just go. What we have learned over the years, is where to find great coffee around the world, and more importantly, how to order it. Whether you sip a latte before a row on the Thames, or rev up your morning…
Travel Planning for Rowers
We are just over half-way through the year, and while our focus is resolutely on our upcoming rowing tours, we are already starting to plan our trip offers for the next year. But we are not alone in this travel planning for rowers. Individuals are plotting and dreaming about where they might row next year…
5 Fave Things to Do on the South Island, New Zealand
New Zealand is iconic. The density of cool destinations and wild diversity within a compact area appeals to travellers from everywhere. With the wealth of lakes, rivers and coasts, it was challenging to narrow down our rowing tour options. We finally did it, selecting Otago and Southland of the South Island, New Zealand. With high,…
Rowing Your World – Meet Viv Jackson, Rowing Guide
Ruth Marr, President of Rowing The World, first met Viv at a British Rowing Tour in Gloucestershire in 2014. Ruth was the only Canadian and gratefully filled a seat in a Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club (WLARC) boat. Over one of the shared dinners, Ruth and Viv discovered they shared a passion for rowing travel…
Formula for a Perfect Rowing Tour: Clarence River, Australia
What do you call a rowing trip that on one hand is “a hidden gem” or “a well-kept secret”, then gets 5 out of 5 ratings from guests? A contradiction? An amazing experience! How about a sure repeat. We are talking about the Australia: Clarence River tour which we ran in late March, early April…
Rowing Your World: Ladies of York
To continue with our series of getting to know rowers who row with us, we’d like to introduce the Ladies of York! On a Rowing The World trip on the Lot River, a group of women who have been rowing together for years joined us. They all learned to row as adults through York City…
Go With the Flow While Rowing in Ireland
The southeast of Ireland has a little bit of everything that Ireland is famous for, and more. If you like pastoral places, you’ll find the towns and villages here lovely and picturesque. Verdant forests and pastures flank beautiful rivers. If you like history and culture, you’ll be surprised to hear the drama of the Vikings…
17 Zinger Instagram Accounts Rowers Need to Follow
Instagram is an especially visual social space, and if you’re anything like us, it can pull you in for hours of guilty pleasure perusing stunning images and videos of rowing at sunset, rowing on glassy waters, rowing in gorgeous places, and, ahem, rowing bodies on boats. Watermarked images mean something different for rowers. You’ll want…
Top 10 Travel Tips
Based on years of travelling to row, here are my top 10 travel tips – a slightly contrarian approach to planning and enjoying your next trip, whether it includes rowing or not. Buy a guidebook. Could be the physical copy or downloaded onto your phone or laptop. You could download just a few chapters. Get…
How to Choose a Perfect Rowing Trip
You love to row, and the idea of enjoying your favourite sport in a beautiful or exotic location fires your imagination. So how to choose a rowing trip that is perfect for you? Some considerations are the same as for any package vacation: Price. But more important is the value. This could be monetary (what…
Wallaby and Other Wonders in Tasmania
How can one not be intrigued by a place that was populated by more than 70,000 convicts, has a town called Nowhere Else, and is home to a night-marauding carnivore named after the devil? The tagline for Tourism Tasmania is “a curious island at the edge of the world.” From what was once a…