In PNG, people stare and stare hard
One of the hardest parts of traveling to the Papua New Guinea highlands is knowing what to do when surrounded by forty people who behold you in utter rapture. Stroll into any market in the Mt. Hagen...
View ArticleThe strange statues of Koh Kong (PHOTOS)
In the town of Koh Kong, near the border with Thailand, there’s a Buddhist spiritual retreat with a bizarre collection of sculptures by its riverfront. In the photos below you’ll see sadistic-looking...
View ArticleThe quiet charm of Batroun
. A perfect day trip from Byblos (or even Beirut) is Batroun, a town offering a millennial Phoenician sea seawall, Lebanon’s best lemonade, and a roaring nightlife. It’s perfect for a day trip because...
View ArticleThe children of the desert
Language barriers are irrelevant when you’re around children. They are fluent in the universal language: fun. . . We wanted to watch the sunset from the Bedouin camp, but it was only 2:30. We had our...
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