My Inca Adventures: A Trek to Machu Picchu
“What are the odds of getting food poisoning the day before my Machu Picchu trek?” was a question that crossed my mind as I added a generous amount of mayonnaise to my potato…
Exploring an Untamed Land: Across Patagonia by 4×4
Patagonia is a vast territory, stretching more that 2,000 km from North to South with a total surface of more than 1 million square kilometers. Argentine Patagonia comprises about 80% of the total…
Bikes in an Ancient Land
For the last few years, autumn has meant a bike trip to the Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia for Robyn and me. It’s a rugged, ancient landscape created 540 million years ago,…
The Cliffs of Insanity
I escaped New England’s sticky, humid summer for three trade-off months exploring Ireland. As part of a student tour group, we had a local guide, bus and bus driver (a capsule of vast…
In the Twilight with Alpine Ibexes
After my first encounter with a male alpine ibex crowned with a pair of magnificent horns at Lac Blanc back in the Summer of 2007, I fell in love with this place. Lac…
The Legendary Bhavani Villa Marwari Stud Farm of Danta, India
Situated near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border in the foothills of the Aravalli mountain range, Danta Stud Farm is comprised of the royal house of Danta, one of India’s prestigious royal families. His Highness, H.H….
