La Vía Poética
Pablo Neruda celebrated lemons, socks, artichokes, bees, broken things. He filled his odes with clocks and memory, thread and temptation, wine and dreams...
11 November, 2017
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Surrendering to Seven Sights in Chile’s Patagonia
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....
20 September, 2017
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Enchanted by Chile: Three Wine Country Wonders
After four decades as a travel writer and editor, Don George finally visits Chile for the first time — and discovers the wonders of Chilean wine country....
16 August, 2017
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A Conversation with Patagonia Explorer and “Unbounded” Filmmaker Garrett Martin – Part Two
Documentary filmmaker Garrett Martin and three other young travelers spent four months in the wilderness of Patagonia, and joined one of the strongest conservation movements in the world....
28 June, 2017
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A Conversation with Patagonia Explorer and “Unbounded” Filmmaker Garrett Martin – Part One
In 2016, four young travelers set off unaided into Chilean Patagonia. For four months the team trekked and pack-rafted along the longest continual trail network in South America, documenting their journey, the region, and the local people. Meet Garrett Martin, the director of their film...
24 June, 2017
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A Child Explorer in the Amazon
Dad’s duffel bag was permanently damaged, but it was a small price to pay to meet a superhero, in my opinion. “Now I see why they warned us!” my mother sighed. As always, mom was right: the locals who met our group of explorers had...
08 February, 2017
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25 Things I Love About Brazil
As much as I love exploring the wilderness areas of Brazil, it’s the people and culture that most touch my soul. After five months there, what I remember most are the endearing characteristics of the Brazilians I met, from Teresopolis to Rio de Janeiro to...
28 January, 2017
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Five Ways I’m a Better Person When I Travel
When I hit the road, I change. One whirlwind trip through Bolivia showed me how, when I travel, I become…...
27 October, 2016
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Amanda McKee: Exploring Patagonia’s New National Park
About two hours into our first hike, I stop dead in my tracks. To my right, a herd of guanacos perches on a rocky hillside nonchalantly nibbling on grass. To my left, the modest Aviles River tumbles down a small-scale slot canyon toward the Chacabuco...
26 February, 2014
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A Sunday Night in Rio
I have been traveling to Rio de Janeiro for nearly 30 years, and could wax poetic about it for longer than you’d care to listen. But the defining moment came a few years ago, on a balmy Sunday night in Ipanema. I had just stepped...
26 August, 2013
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