Soles of a Nomad

Why Getting Sick Isn't Always a Travel Disaster   If you are going to get food poisoning, I highly recommend doing so while chilling on a...

Relentless touts in Vietnam taught me that humor and kindness go further than frustration — and made for one of my favorite travel memories.

Standing on the edge of Mt. Yasur in Vanuatu, I learned that true power isn't just something you see — it's something you feel in your chest and soul.

A massive tree grows atop the temple of Ta Prohm Finding Solitude and Awe Among Cambodia's Ancient Temples   I went to Cambodia, more or...

My Friend in Namche Bazaar Making Friends Around the Language Barrier   I met the man in the above photograph in Namche Bazaar, Nepal....

A boyhood dream of tracking tigers leads instead to a nighttime rhino charge — and a chaotic run for survival in Nepal's Chitwan National Park.

Life on the Mekong River It is a Competitive World Out There   Everything is a competition.   There, I said it. You know this is true. I...

The Pyramid of Skulls The Basic Question   The sign in front of me read, "Please don't walk through the mass grave!"  I was on the...

A surprising mosquito encounter and a ferry delay in Tonga taught me more about patience and acceptance than any self-help book ever could.

A section of the lunch counter from Goldsboro, NC A Day of Monuments, Museums, and Meaning   On a family trip to the mainland, we spent...

After three years of trying, I finally visited the surreal rock formation known as the Wave. What I found was beauty, bureaucracy, and a warning about overprotection.

Landing in Moscow was just the beginning. From surviving a wild taxi ride to accidentally finding my hotel in the freezing dark, my Moscow travel adventure taught me that sometimes chaos leads to the best stories.

Moscow’s subway was confusing—but meeting Boris turned a frustrating journey into one of the most meaningful experiences of my travel life.

In Nepal's sacred Pashupatinath, I watched life end on the ghats—and saw two boys collect a dead man's belongings from the river. What disturbed me most wasn't death itself, but what it made me question about my own life.

If travel = life, and life = food, then travel = food. Join our family as we slurp, nibble, and savor our way across the world—and learn the five rules we live by when food is the destination.

With a hand-drawn map and a sense of adventure, we searched the backstreets of Saigon for dog meat—and learned that some experiences aren’t as foreign as they seem.

Traveling with kids means planning ahead for the tough days. In Battambang, Cambodia, we created one perfect day—kayaking lazy rivers, hiking to mountaintop temples, and watching thousands of bats stream into the night—before facing a long travel day. A joyful reminder of why we travel together.

Traveling through China meant breakdowns, sweat-drenched buses, and one very angry duck. Sometimes, you don't cry because you're sad—you cry because travel.