Here’s what it is like to hike the Big Almaty Lake Peak on a day trip. This picturesque turquoise lake, 1.6km long, rests in a rocky bowl at 3,361 m..

It happenned all at once as the news of the pandemic stunned the world and the unprecendented impact trickled down through each level of society. Th..

As the travel publisher closes its Melbourne and London offices, a guidebook writer asks what’s next for an industry in crisis Paula Hardy C..

I think it safe to say, Lviv is the true cultural capital of Ukraine. With its many cozy and atmospheric coffee houses, mysterious-looking decors, a..

On Friday, March 13, I returned one last time to National Geographic’s deserted offices, which had closed the day before for an indefinite period. W..

Some of the most horrifying coronavirus outbreaks have been on vacation cruises. As ships have acted like petri dishes for the disease, hundreds of ..

This travel video is going to be a little different from all my other travel videos in that the videos are not made out of video but from still phot..

I’ve started a lot of blogs. I’ve abandoned A LOT of blogs. With every new blog I started, I vowed this time would be different. It never was. Becau..

For being isolated for such a long time behind the Iron Curtain until 1991, you would think that Tirana, the capital city of Albania, would be a dul..

Every corner of the travel industry has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. One light at the end of the tunnel? There are small ways you can hel..

There is a certain beauty in the expanses of public space, now vacant amid the pandemic, these photos from around the world show. There is also a re..

I STILL MARVEL I didn’t drop stone-cold dead from embarrassment during my first solo travel experience. As a 20-year-old, I booked a spontaneous tri..