Quitting everything to go to Nepal was the best thing I’ve done.

7 lessons from volunteering in a…

A brief history of Rapa Nui

Trapped by the things on Easter Island

Confessions of a Third Culture Kid

Because Buzzfeed GIFs can only explain so much.

Shaman, Swami, Sadhu, Sham

on not finding enlightenment in India 

The sadhu had been squatting in the shade of the courtyard archway since I woke up. It was my second morning in Orchha. I sat on the low stone wall, listening to the rumbling barks of the…

Do it for the accessories

chic detritus from a life abroad

Sea daffodil

Sea daffodil, Pancratium maritimum, once commonplace on the shores of the Mediterranean…

Hungry for more 

No matter our age, race, beliefs or creed, we all hunger for the same thing —…

Reflections in Climbing Mount Sinai (5 years later)

Dreams from endangered cultures

As with loss of species, we are losing cultures at an unprecedented…

Adventure

There is a certain freedom that comes with camping.