Soles of a Nomad

We thought it would be a dreamy felucca ride on the Nile. Instead, we drifted into the dreaded doldrums, locked in a battle of breeze versus current. What followed was absurd, hilarious, and unexpectedly poetic.

Join us on a culinary side quest to find the best cheap lunch in Cancun—hidden in a white shack outside Mercado 28, where Rafael's legendary mole changes everything.

On our first night in Cancún, a local recommended something called huitlacoche—corn smut. It sounded questionable, but we ordered it anyway. Turns out, it was one of the best things we ate in Mexico.

This was our last trip with all five of us. A road trip through Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula gave us whale sharks, cenotes, ruins—and a chance to hold on just a little longer.

We were in Istanbul for a family vacation, enjoying lamb dinners and lively streets—until our phones lit up with news of a military coup. This is the story of how we experienced the 2016 Istanbul coup attempt firsthand.

Want to find your zen? Try riding shotgun on a Himalayan cliff road to Pangong Lake. You’ll breathe deeply, pray loudly, and maybe meet a herd of baby goats. This is travel in Ladakh at its wildest.

What do you do in the Kerala backwaters? Absolutely nothing—and that’s the point. We boarded a houseboat in Alleppey, floated past palm trees and pigeon-pecked laundry, and mastered the noble art of stillness.