Traveling, even when strictly for pleasure, can be a risky business. Who among us, after all, did not learn a lesson or two from Liam Neeson’s spell-binding performance in the 2008 documentary Taken regarding the risks of handsome strangers with foreign accents and dishonorable intentions? It’s critical to strike a balance between enjoying yourself in […]
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Welcome to the Jungle: Silverback Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
I wasn’t prepared for the humidity, or for the sudden cloud bursts that, though brief, kept us perpetually damp. I definitely wasn’t prepared for the sections of swamp that bisected the trail. I say trail, but what I mean is the very narrow path hacked into the forest by two machete-wielding, uniformed men. They looked […]
The Culture of the Road: Benefits of Renting a Car Overseas
The roads criss-crossing Panama’s countryside are windy and narrow, climbing precariously through the richly forested Sierra de Veraguas before spiraling down the other side, connecting to the Pacific to the Carribbean in a long, slow, march to the sea. There are no traffic laws to speak of, and little traffic. The cities of Andalucia are different, […]