Not enough has been written about northern Laos, its remote villages and imposing kharst mountains stretching skyward between verdant rice paddies. We had spent six days working our way north along a tributary of the Mekong River, first by bus and then, when the roads vanished, by long boat. We stayed in villages perched precariously […]
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Close Encounters on Panama’s Isla Bastimentos
A few years ago, my husband, who at that time was my boyfriend, and I took a two week trip to Panama. It was our first long vacation away together, so as you can imagine, a lot was riding on it. We spent two days in the colonial district of Casco Veijo, eating ceviche and […]
In Search of Adventure: Losing Myself in Foreign Lands
I travel for the same reasons as most people I think – because the world is too beautiful, and the people in it too complex, not to try and see all of it. I travel because each new city I visit forces me to re-imagine the world, and sometimes, my place in it. Most importantly, […]