The age of exploration, we’re told, is over. We will never be the first to sail the Drake Passage, cross the Sahara, or trek the Himalayas. But we can still discover new frontiers....
There are more than 100 different varieties of lemur that live in Madagascar—and only in Madagascar. Finding them entails a trek through the island’s rain forests… ...
Many of us understand how important it is to travel. Our trips matter. But it is crucial to ask ourselves why they matter...
Pablo Neruda celebrated lemons, socks, artichokes, bees, broken things. He filled his odes with clocks and memory, thread and temptation, wine and dreams...
In these autumn landscapes, the colors of fall foliage are sending us a message....
As an East Greenlandic Inuit, Julius Nielson lives in the traditions of his people. As a guide, he shares those traditions with a changing world....
India can be an assault to the senses — can turn your world upside down. It's no wonder my 16-year-old son has stopped talking to me...
The Yucatán region of Mexico is one of adaptation. It is a remote region, home to people who nevertheless absorbed the influences of the cultures that passed through, culminating in a cuisine that blends Caribbean, Dutch, Lebanese, Spanish, and ancient Maya recipes....
Patagonia is a place of soaring beauty and soul-healing expansiveness. Nothing can prepare you for the reality of experiencing it in person. The only thing you can do in such a sacred place is surrender. And so I did....
I'd argue that the best adventure book ever written is "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Here's why....