So you’ve got your camera, your tablet, and enough sunscreen to keep Cancun cancer free for the entirety of Spring Break. But did you bring your VPN? For travelers, VPNs are fast becoming a necessity …
You don’t have to go to Loango National Park to enjoy some top-class beaches in Gabon. In fact, most of the country’s coastline is absolutely idyllic even around Libreville itself! Of course, the closer you …
It has almost become a cliché: hundreds of brightly dressed men and women clinging tenaciously to the scalding metal roof of a train, turbans, and saris flapping in the wind as the locomotive belches black …
Quick Guide What: Summit of Jebel Jais (1,910 meters) Starting Point: Wadi Ghalilah Dam Length: 15km (30 Round-trip) Time: 5 to 10 hours to summit depending on level of fitness Elevation Gain: About 1,750 meters …
When it comes to travel and food, I am all about the local dishes. But if you are in a country long enough, eventually, you will get a hankering for something different. In Russia, it …
Dubai has never ranked high on my travel list. Most people come here either to shop or to lounge around on the city’s sandy shores like beached whales slowly roasting in the Arabian sun. Neither …
If this post is a little shorter than usual, it is because I am currently somewhere in the Caucasus. I’ll be back next week (provided I don’t die in the interim) with a full report …
In most of the world, bookstores are increasingly difficult to come by. But there is one place where a good read is easy to find: Argentina. Yes, if there is one thing that Argentinians love …
Travel has changed in many ways over the course of human history, but one of the most fundamental changes in recent decades has been redefining why we travel in the first place. Today’s travelers are …
“Just a half kilometer to go!” That was Bob, a Korean I had met only an hour before while collapsed and out of breath about halfway up Yeong-bong. His name really wasn’t Bob, but he …