“Remember that life is short and full of surprises. If you wait too long, opportunities fade like setting sun.” As Deborah Rodriguez exemplifies in her book, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, Afghanistan is one of those places where things can change rapidly and might prevent travel for one reason or another. That quote was enough impetus to put my name on the itinerary with a friend, order two floor length abayas, and packed my bag for the long weekend.

What do Antarctica, camels, Covid, travel, and velvet pear salad have to teach us about human connection and building community?

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.

My latest adventure was called the "Ship Breaking Yard Atelier" weekend in Bangladesh; where we flew in to Chattogram, formerly called...

I joined other travellers to explore the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan where we made human connections across a border.

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

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.

Unexpected and rather last minute trips to Russia and Nepal this summer were eye-opening and thought-provoking journeys into my own...

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...

Beyond the tour, the people posturing for perfect photography, and the nagging desire to constantly tug a shayla (headscarf) tight around...

Caviar. A margin more intimidating than wine, but less terrifying than figuring out what's behind foie gras' buttery flavour (it's...