Petra, Jordan: The Local Way
Following the snaking slot canyon, swirled with red, purple, and gold sandstone, we entered the 2000-year old city of Petra.
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Sleeping on Volcano Avenue
We drove from Quito down the Pan-American Highway, the storied road from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, towards the highest
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The Oldest City in the Americas
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic doesn’t get nearly enough credit. It’s the oldest city in The Americas (est. 1496) and home
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A Modern Indigenous City: Otavalo
Every city in Ecuador has a small indigenous population…but in Otavalo they aren’t at the fringe, they are at its
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Lost in Time: Yangon, Myanmar
When we were planning the HoneyTrek route, Myanmar (formerly Burma) was still under a military dictatorship, saddled with sanctions and
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Hypnotic Hanoi
Hanoi is an Asia metropolis at its most romantic. With strong Chinese and French colonial influences and plenty of Vietnamese
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Deep in the Mekong Delta
Our love-hate relationship with Vietnam began the moment we crossed into the Mekong Delta. It’s gorgeous, it’s exotic, it’s a
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Eye-opening Cambodia
Departing Thailand and entering Cambodia was like stepping back 50 years in time. It’s a fascinating country full of charms
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You Know You’re in Japan When….
Japan is sort of its own special planet. Nowhere is this clean, people are never this nice, and nothing is
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The Many Faces of Tokyo
Tokyo is as lovely and well mannered as you’d expect the Japanese capital to be, but it has a nerdy,
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Crash Course in the Japanese Arts
How to tie a kimono, arrange an ikebana flower arrangement, write kangi calligraphy…these are skills we never dreamt we’d learn,
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