Journeys around the world

The so-called “gringo trail” around South America makes a neat little detour around the country of Paraguay, as have I in all my years of t...

Laos is one of those countries that you don't think much about. The only land-locked country in southeast Asia, it lies in the shadow of...

Since I’ve mostly written you about the bad side – the hopelessness of the development efforts, the excess of poverty and disease, etc –...

A little sheepishly I write you to admit that just after I wrote you my earlier blog post, in which I presented a few options for how we m...

In visiting several (but nowhere near even a majority) of Madagascar’s national parks and reserves, I have learned that the guidebooks are...