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.
The Next Letter We started off the year sharing my father’s work, an alphabet he was working on at the...
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Neferhotep Speaks When the late Rainer Jenss asked me to be on the advisory board for the Family Travel Association,...
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The Next Letter We started off the year sharing my father’s work, an alphabet he was working on at...
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The Paradigm Shift Lately, I’ve been thinking about a Political Science professor I had during my sophomore year at the...
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The Next Letter We started off the year sharing my father’s work, an alphabet he was working on at...
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The Three Parts of a Successful Safari The third dispatch from East Africa is as epic as ever. For...
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More than a Safari This dispatch highlights our journey across the equator and northward, and I must begin by...
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February 12, 52 years ago Every year around Big Five’s anniversary which is today, February 12, I head off...
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The Next Letter We started off the year sharing my father’s work, an alphabet he was working on at the...
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Beyond Tango Over the last 18 months, Argentina has quickly become one of Big Five’s most popular destinations and remains...
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