The Wisdom of the Wild
Mongolians don’t typically name their horses, but the 7-year-old bay gelding I’m paired with for a three-day steppe and wilderness trek finds a cheeky way to reveal his to me:…
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Field Notes
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Essays and articles from EA’s network of world travelers
The Top Five Cities to Consider for a Winter Move
It’s getting cold out there. And for those of us whose lives and careers are flexible enough for seasonal globetrotting, a handful of cities around the world are ideal for…
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The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Bizarro Sports
In the wake of so many recent global sporting events, from the Olympics to the Paralympics, to the World Nomad Games, I found myself exposed to (and fascinated by) some…
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How Thailand Became My Home
I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, the only child of older parents in the San Fernando Valley. My father was a banker before bankers made big money. We…
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Bellissima Lucca
Arrival in Lucca On a warm, late afternoon in June, I step off the train, sling on my 20-pound backpack and walk toward the massive stone walls of the medieval…
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Monkeying Around in Nicaragua
Discovering Selva Negra Many years ago, when we were living in Managua, my wife Carol and I decided to take our two daughters to one of our favorite places in…
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Life Abroad: Hitting the Reset Button in Paradise
When I turned 24 years old in the late summer of 2018, I started wondering where my life was headed. I was living in Cork, in southern Ireland, where I’d…
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Capturing the Allure of Morocco’s Timeless Cafe Culture
What springs to mind when you think of Casablanca? Other than the classic Bogart movie. How about dark cafes full of mysterious Moroccan’s sipping on espresso in shot glasses. Streets…
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Biking Beijing
If you would have told me, soon after I arrived in Beijing, that I’d ride a bike through the streets of China’s capital during rush-hour, I would’ve asked you what…
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I Did Not Have Much Time for Fun
One evening late last year, my husband, our three teen children and I found ourselves trudging up a mountain of sand in remote Egypt led by a local man named…
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