The Nakasendo Trail: Walking Through History
Sitting cross-legged on the floor of a ryokan, my friend Celia and I stared down at the dish before us. We’d partaken in kaiseki, a traditional Japanese meal, many times previously, but had never once seen this item. At least 15 insects filled the small container, and...
The Secret’s Out: Kaikoura’s One of New Zealand’s Top Spots
Following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November of 2016, for almost a year the town of Kaikoura remained cut off from the rest of New Zealand and subsequently the world. Massive rock slides, or “slips” as the Kiwis say, covered the main highway in mountains of rock,...
Hannah Point: Penguin Paradise
Waking up on my final day on the Frozen Continent, I prepared to visit Hannah Point, a small stretch of land on Livingston Island. One of the most tightly regulated destinations in all of Antarctica, the density of wildlife was supposedly unlike anything we'd seen...