In Asia/ Maldives Time to Rest: 4 Days at a Maldives Resort After two days in Maldives’ capital city of Male—among the most densely packed cities in the world—I boarded a speedboat to a nearby resort.… Continue Reading →
In Asia/ Maldives Mahibadhoo, Maldives: Octopus Hunters, Flying Foxes, and Sparkling Plankton From my seat on the beach on Mahibadhoo, I saw a man’s head come out of the water in the reef area at the… Continue Reading →
In North America/ USA A Breath of Fresh Air: Exploring Northern Manhattan’s Green Spaces In my first round of living in New York City, I made only a handful trips to the northernmost neighborhoods of Manhattan, places like… Continue Reading →
In North America/ USA A Whirlwind Two Days in Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs I woke to the sound of the wind rustling the branches of the skinny palm trees outside. Through the wooden blinds, I peered out… Continue Reading →
In North America/ USA For the Fun of It: Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade A young Latino woman boarded the subway in Harlem wearing a fishnet bathing suit, sea-green makeup on her cheeks and forehead, and shiny emerald… Continue Reading →
In North America/ USA Traveling Without Leaving Home: Flushing, Queens Signs were written in Chinese, with shops for acupuncture and a glass storefront for a kung fu studio. Street stalls sold dumplings, rotisserie duck,… Continue Reading →
In Europe/ Greece Wondering Which Greek Island to Visit? How I Settled on Naxos As a young girl I snuck into a movie theater to see a film that was set on a Greek Island. The story focused… Continue Reading →
In Europe/ Greece One Foot in Front of the Other: Walking Naxos & Koufonissi The wind was strong enough to keep the sailboats docked and to make the shutters covering the balcony doors squeak and bang. It nixed… Continue Reading →
In Europe/ Greece Street Art & the Acropolis: Athens Old & New Like many people, I imagine, I made my way to Athens with visions of the Parthenon floating in my mind. And even after leaving… Continue Reading →
In Armenia/ Caucasus A Short Wander Through Southern Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh With only 12 days in Armenia, I moved quickly through Goris, Yeghegnadzor and Dilijan—the three places I chose to visit outside of Yerevan. I… Continue Reading →
