Travel

A serene lake turned into a cheap post-Soviet perversion of an amusement park. — We humans have largely lost contact with nature. We have forgotten that we are a part of it. We see ourselves as something special, as the crown of creation, but we forget that we, too, are products of nature. And so we don’t mind destroying it for our own enjoyment. …

In the 1950s, a sick woman with no family traveled across the country by herself with her loyal pets — Going back to the days of indigenous tribes and European settlers, traversing the land that now makes up the United States is a difficult but long-standing journey that has continued to endure. This has been accomplished by all manner of people and methods of travel. One of the most unique…

An attempt to capture what it means to have the opportunity to live in one of the world’s most awe-inspiring cities — Anthony Bourdain had an uncanny ability to portray the essence of a place. His introductory monologues were so freaking inspiring and something I’ll forever attempt to emulate. How the hell can you capture the energy of a city in words? They’re such unique, ever-changing, and living expressions of society, culture…

By Robert Knight Throughout most of Asia, the sleeping buses are quite comfortable. Marie and I took sleeping buses all through two months of traveling all over Vietnam and again later in Thailand and Malaysia. If you’re going any distance they usually leave at night and arrive the next morning, so you save on the cost of lodging for one…