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Elon Musk's rocket company, SpaceX, wants to ferry people to Mars by the hundreds, with the first humans landing on the red planet around 2025. Pres..

Maher shuffled his way into the coffee-shop sneezing, coughing and complaining, his flip-flops hardly lifting from the dusty floor as he moved, I’m ..

Backpacking as a 40-something isn't as unusual as it sounds. Just by turning up, you immediately get to share a bond and common interest with weird ..

The world is filled with wonders that inspire a sense of awe and sheer amazement. Located in Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert, the Darvaza crater h..

The last time I had a chance to restock my supply of conditioner from a hotel shower it was still winter. I haven't enjoyed my regular on-the-road m..

As I am writing this, the majority of the world including myself is currently under lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak since early 2020 and I fou..

Belarus may not be the most exotic destination we talk about in this blog but, with all its bizarre places, it truly deserves to be marked as an act..

The statues of Easter Island are as iconic as they are mysterious. Erected over 600 years ago, they also provide a cautionary tale for the present d..

Libraries are special places. They are a wonderful example of a sharing model, as well as an essential part of many communities. But they are also t..

In the Before Times, I often composed my travel writing in the present tense. You know how the trick goes, the way the travel writer strains to swif..

Life away from the borders of one's home country often comes with the burden of other people's judgment. If living a nomadic life is your reality, h..

A few times every day, the high-speed train between St. Petersburg and Moscow barrels through the threadbare town of Lyuban. When word gets out that..

The network of routes known as the Silk Road connected Asia and Europe for centuries before fading in importance in the 1400s. Now, Hewlett-Packard ..

It was in early May of 2013, as I walked around the crowded Pub Street in Siem Reap, Cambodia, bewildered by the light and sound of the backpacking ..

It was late 2018 as I got off from a FlyDubai's Boeing 737 airplane. A cold breeze of the evening Himalayan air struck my face as I walked along the..