I was nervous as I waited to depart on my first trip to South America back in 2011: It was my maiden voyage to the continent, a place I’d long heard was a bastion of...
You’ve heard of all of the famous fashion houses in Paris – Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Dior, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermès, Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent to name a few. But have you heard of the...
The country of Chad may seem like a strange place to order a helping of gumbo, but it’s an experience one must try to truly understand. N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, is almost seven thousand...
Everyone goes to Otaru to see the canal, but the ocean was calling my name. The seascape seemed greyscale as I began walking toward it, but with every footstep I took due north, the dull...
Komodo “Dragon”
Komodo Island, famous for its giant monitor lizards, is one of the thousands of islands comprising the Indonesian archipelago. Whether it is one of 1,700+ or 1,300+ Indonesian islands depends on if you’re including...
When traveling in Mexico, sooner or later you will try tequila and mezcal. You might not know the difference, how it’s made or why there are thousands of different kinds. One of the best ways...
Cities don’t get much quieter and smaller than Launceston. In the sleepiest state of Australia, Tasmania, on the other side of the island from the capital of Hobart, Launceston is not on too many peoples’...
First, a bit of disclosure - I rarely felt safe in Venezuela. I arrived in Caracas by night bus from San Cristobal and the bus dumped me off in a ridiculous part of town which...
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