The streets of Havana buzz with music and dancing feet, and the rum flows along the footsteps of Hemingway. The classic cars, the colonial buildings, the likeness of Che and Fidel, they’re all there. Outside the city, tobacco farmers roll fresh

Namibia, Part 2: Sossusvlei

Aug 9th, 2020 9m 36s

Namibia, located in southwest Africa, is the ideal place for a roadtrip of the adventurous sort. Home to the world’s oldest desert, Namibia is a desolate paradise, where you’ll find more wild animals than people, more gravel roads than paved, a

Namibia, Part 1: A Journey through Frontierland

Aug 9th, 2020 12m 51s

India: Varanasi

Aug 9th, 2020 8m 48s

Varanasi is all of India rolled into one, tightly confined, riverfront crematory and pilgrimage site. Any and all sights, smells, sounds, and tastes can be experienced within the maze of alleys and riverside ghats that serve as both burial grou

Everest, Part 2: Gokyo

Aug 9th, 2020 7m 31s

Getting to Everest base camp requires nerves of steel from the start, as your 10-seater plane lands on a runway precariously perched at the edge of a cliff. Once on land, there are no roads for days in all directions, only yaks, sherpas, and a

Everest, Part 1: The 3 Passes

Aug 9th, 2020 12m 58s

Myanmar: Trains & Temples

Aug 9th, 2020 11m 20s

Myanmar is the westernmost country in Southeast Asia, sharing borders with Thailand, Laos, China, India, and Bangladesh. The tourism infrastructure is scant compared to its Southeast Asian counterparts, making for some rewarding, if not hard to

The Congo, Part 2: Virunga

Aug 9th, 2020 17m 4s

The Democratic Republic of Congo lies in the heart of central Africa. It’s home to the oldest national park in all of Africa, Virunga, and perhaps the most natural resources of any African nation. Civil wars and unrest have mired the DRC for de