Embracing the Unknown: My Travel Story Traveling has always been an exhilarating adventure for me, especially when it involves a bit of risk-taking. While I do plan certain aspects of my trips, I also love the spontaneity that comes with leaving some things unplanned. This blend of structure and flexibility […]
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Separation ‘Walking Walls’ is a project about people: families, communities, and individuals who live in extraordinary circumstances. (This guest post/photo essay is by Kate Trenerry, who has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East to explore and document modern political borders.) I spent three months walking along the Israeli […]
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“Want to go to a Mexican baby shower?” asked Jeanne, a woman I’d just met hours before. We were at a bar in La Paz, Baja Sur, and she was a friend of a friend–someone I’d met randomly on a shuttle bus (click here for that story). The mother-to-be was […]
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As soon as I arrived here in La Paz, Baja California, I knew my decision to travel to Mexico was a good one. Something about it felt right. And very quickly, things fell into place…the arch was the confirmation. My first night here, I read its message–“Bienvenidos a La Paz, […]
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It was my first night in Panama City and I was tired after my flight from Ecuador earlier in the day. It was hot and humid outside, too, meaning that I easily could have stayed in my air-conditioned room and not gone out. Wine Run But my friend Michelle and […]
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