Personal travel stories and narratives
StoriesFog, seals, shipwrecks, and 400km of empty gravel road. My solo drive through the most desolate coastline I've ever seen — and why it was the highlight of my Namibia trip.
StoriesLate September, the aspens turned gold, the crowds disappeared, and I had the Maroon Bells almost to myself. This is Aspen's secret season.
StoriesHow a city that's been knocked down and rebuilt more times than I can count became the most alive place I've ever visited.
StoriesDay-by-day diary from Croatia's party island — but also its lavender island, its wine island, and the island where I watched the Adriatic turn pink from a 16th-century fortress.
StoriesSleeping on a wooden boat among limestone karsts, kayaking into hidden lagoons, and the fog that made everything better.
StoriesAfter 12 years in Barcelona, Marta Soler shares the spots she actually goes to, the food she actually eats, and why she avoids Las Ramblas like the plague.
StoriesAt 5:30 AM, the mud-brick fortress belongs to the cats, the call to prayer, and one person standing on a wall watching the desert turn gold.
StoriesIt was a Tuesday night on a quiet side street. The band had no name I recognized. And somehow, in a room of 40 people, I heard the best show of my year.
StoriesMarie-Ange runs a gite in Cilaos, speaks four languages, and has watched her volcanic island transform from a forgotten colony to a hiking paradise. She has thoughts.
StoriesI tasted 47 wines in five days, nearly cried at a hot air balloon ride, and discovered that the $45 tasting was better than the $100 one. Here's what happened.
StoriesI went for the Buddha. I stayed for the bamboo. And the Enoden railway ride along the coast sealed the deal.
StoriesJoao has lived in Porto for 22 years and runs wine tours. He has strong opinions about Livraria Lello, francesinhas, and which port wine lodge is actually worth your money.
