Join me for a weekend expedition to Juba in South Sudan to meet the Mundari People – a traditional agrarian and photogenic group of people who live in symbiosis with their Ankole-Watusi cattle.

For my annual Christmas greeting this year, I was inspired by a children's song. During this holiday season, I am contemplating what sort of peace we would have if we had the eyes of Jesus who was born in a barn, fled from Bethlehem to Egypt to avoid being murdered by a tyrant king, and spent his adult life serving the outcasts, poor, and unwell – accepting all children (and adults) with love, hope, joy, and peace.

Generous hospitality, unheard of cultural experiences, and less crazy tourist crowds await travelers who journey to countries that endure travel warnings – or are rising out of conflict.

A cavalier travel booking took me to Mauritania to speed across sand dunes and catapult myself into a hopper car on the Mauritania Railway.

It seems like those extra-memorable travel moments are when I'm connected to terra firma. I found this again in Algeria.

If we can see ourselves in the happiness we bring other people, we must be so richly blessed, just like the completely saturated golden hour

After seven months in my little corner of Abu Dhabi, my wanderlust got the best of me and I boarded a plane to Windhoek, Namibia.

When I started thinking about traveling, one big adventure was immediately put on my wanderlust list: Kilimanjaro.

I don't often take photos of people when I travel, but a small instant camera created a meaningful way to make people feel seen.

From obscure and curious to welcoming and lovely, the country does not lack for interesting geography, flora, and fauna. I loved Madagascar.

When I saw a picture of baobab trees, I put my name on the trip list and paid my fees without thinking about everything else I would see...

This isn’t how it was supposed to be – my life, that is. I was meant to follow the example of generations before me: Grow up in my...

I never expected to witness a woman desperately throwing her hand into a fresh, mushy pile of gorilla poo...