Cape Coast Slave Castle, Ghana: What It’s Like to Tour
It is true: seeing remnants of the brutal trans-Atlantic slave trade is an utterly different experience in Africa than in America. Throughout our lives as Americans, we study slavery and …
It is true: seeing remnants of the brutal trans-Atlantic slave trade is an utterly different experience in Africa than in America. Throughout our lives as Americans, we study slavery and …
We all fell in love today. How could we not? Michelangelo’s David is stunning. You see the photos everywhere, and you don’t really care. Meh — just another curly-haired naked …
Across from the glass case holding the uniform John McCain was wearing when he was shot down (pictured, below), Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi has a sign that reads as …
Insane, magical, breathtaking, nuts, bonkers, gorgeous — Halong Bay, Vietnam is all these things and then some. This stunning spot is about three hours from Hanoi, and is one of …
For the second half of the second day on the road, my motorcycle guide, Lulu, and I wove slowly up, up, up and through the lush green mountains of Vietnam’s …
Holy sweet heaven and earth. After four days on motorcycle and foot through the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I am ridiculously thankful for the experience and the new understandings gained, …
Worms, silk. Silk, worms. You don’t realize how weird a combination this is until you see the dirty, bug-filled process it takes to birth the regal material! Dalat, Vietnam has …
The Vietnam war slashed its knife through America. My parents marched in anti-war protests, sprinting from billy-club smashing police, and aching with frustration at the movement’s powerlessness to stop the …
I leave Cambodia feeling sad. I don’t feel sad to leave, but rather I am infused with a profound sadness from what I saw over the past ten days. I …
What it’s like to wake up early in Siem Reap, Cambodia to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat: the famous temples. What to expect from tourists and transportation.