I rarely write about the dangers and downsides of travel. Probably because I rarely have negative experiences, myself. That doesn’t mean they don’t happen. In Rod Jasmer’s terrifying memoir, Without Explanation: […]
We glided down the Madre de Dios River and pulled up alongside a set of steps, and inviting Welcome sign, and a shelter of colorful hammocks. It looked like any […]
Thailand seems almost synonymous with elephants. Everywhere I went in Phuket, there were t-shirts with elephants on them, baby elephants to feed, and opportunities to ride elephants. It is their national […]
