It’s one thing to be naked around your best friend; it’s a whole other deal to accidentally touch each other’s bare skin, especially when you’re trying to achieve enlightenment. Perhaps Rachel and I should’ve sprung for individual time in the hotel spa’s only sensory deprivation tank, but what fun would...

If you've been considering travel to Nicaragua, or are looking for ideas about what to do in Nicaragua, here is my rundown of exactly how I chose this destination, all of the planning details and my opinions about where I ate, visited, stayed and what I did while I was there. Some of it, I loved, others, I could leave...

I visited during the USA’s Christmas time, and if you’re looking to get away from the cold, Central America has heat in abundance (95*F/35*C). Travel to Nicaragua is great for the budget traveler, the backpacker, twenty-something travelers and...

Looking out over the vastness and geologic spectacle that is Northern Arizona, it’s easy to get lost. Lost in the wonder. Lost in the landscape that rises up in surprising shapes and plunges down below, carving out the earth. Lost in the expanse of space that you sometimes forget exists when you live in a city next...

Here are some of my favorite photos from my recent trip with Corning Incorporated and the “Gorilla Glass 4:” Leticia Barr, Kelly Olexa, (me) and Beth Santos. We pushed ourselves through some rough terrain, and captured as much of it as...

What do I pack when I go hiking or trekking? Whether it’s jeep riding through the sands of the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan, nomadically moving ger camps across Mongolia’s Eurasian Steppe or exploring the rocky geography of Northern Arizona, I’ve got several go-to items that make it into my bag. During my most...

“Stick your tongue on it. Go on.” Besides bored kids in winter, does anyone ever follow this suggestion? Yet here I was in remote Mongolia, holding sun-bleached fragments of bones in my palm, and figuring I should probably put them in my mouth. You know, for the sake of SCIENCE. My unusually patient guide, Bulgaa...

Since nearly every trip to Mongolia begins and ends in Ulaanbaatar, I though I'd share with you photos from my first impressions; the first two days spent wandering around the...

Moravia, in the Czech Republic, is a fascinating wine region. Behind the Iron Curtain until the Velvet Revolution of 1989, winemakers did not have the freedom to indulge in creating a style, but rather most were forced to grow grapes for...

It used to be, whenever I wanted to bring home a precious few bottles of wine or spirits from abroad, my options would be: (1) Stuff each bottle into a pair of socks, wrap in multiple plastic bags, and them roll them up in my clothes, or (2) Pay a hefty several-hundred-dollar customs fee to get...