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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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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India’s culture is among the world’s oldest, and the sari, or saree, is among the oldest known forms of dress....
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When it comes to sustainability, we have traveled a long, inspiring, exciting and sometimes bumpy road. But make no mistake the...
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It was once thought that there were as many as 27 leopard subspecies, which were described by naturalists between 1794...
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