“Guadalupe is part of France,” our French driver mentioned offhandedly yesterday on our Sancerre wine tour. “Same politics, same benefits, it’s basically mainland France in the Caribbean.” Damn, I thought,...
“Are you going to move forward?” I looked up from my phone. My internet was suddenly working at top speed and I was absorbed in reading all the Facebook comments from...
According to my travel-tracker app, PolarSteps, in the past 13 months, I traveled 41,698 miles, through 21 countries. My homes consisted of 13 different apartments (one for each month), but...
What does a metal flower, a cemetery, and Dante’s Inferno all have in common? The answer: Buenos Aires. A blooming 105-foot stainless steel flower comes to life every morning at...
Trying to break into the local scene is fairly difficult as a traveler. Where do you start? How do you meet locals if you don’t speak the same language? Can...
Last week, I returned to Lima from a 4-day Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu. It was an excursion my friend and I had been planning for over a year. ...
As I enter my third week of living in Peru, I can easily say I’ve been blown away by the beauty of its people, landscape and incredible food. Like Mexico...
I spent my birthday this year high up in the jungles of Colombia in what had been guerrilla military-run land until 2004. Traveling with a friend from Remote Year and...
NOT AN ADDICT Like most people, I’ve been a devoted coffee drinker for years. I became a convert one night in college after writing a 20-page thesis paper in 12...