Travel is essentially about storytelling, about sharing what we discover of our global home. This blog is about just that — the unusual, the unique, the gems — from Tombée du Ciel, House Fallen from the Sky, to the ghost trees of India, to the Bolivian cemetery where trains are buried. There are countless stories, large and very small, that we come across as we travel the globe. It would be a shame to pass them by without notice.
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“You may delay, but time will not.” So said the ever-wise Benjamin Franklin. Indeed, time is a precarious and...
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No more robo phone calls, no posters and signs gathered in clusters on every corner, no cell phones or social media....
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After such a nerve-wracking presidential election cycle, many of us are ready to take a deep breath and move on....
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Caves are mysterious, sometimes other worldly, landforms that prove endlessly fascinating to almost any nine year old as well as...
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There are many delightful advantages to living in sunny South Florida, but hurricane season isn’t necessarily one of them. As...
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Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia named the great Asian ape “orang hutan,” which literally translates to person of the...
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Galapagos Islands were first discovered by Europeans in 1535 when Father Tomas Berlanga, the bishop of Panama, sailed for Peru....
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The Swahili word safari means journey, and the verb for “to travel” in Swahili is kusafiri. Safari became part of...
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Painting the body and face with natural pigments including clay and ingredients such as berries has been used from our...
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“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a...
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