Being a passenger on a road trip offers the rare luxury of gazing out the window and immersing oneself in the unfolding scenery. During...

The temples near the town of Khajuraho are unlike any others I visited in India or Nepal. These magnificent Hindu temples were built...

The morning began in darkness as we boarded a bus bound for Kathmandu airport. The atmosphere buzzed with quiet anticipation—our group,...

Stepping off the bus, I walked through a small village toward the Bagmati River, unsure of what to expect. My destination was...

As we approached the entrance to the Taj Mahal, the world still slumbered in pre-dawn quiet. The sun had not yet risen, and we joined...

The four-wheel-drive vehicle roared over dusty, bumpy roads, flanked by thick forests that seemed to envelop us. As we jostled along, it...

When people think of a safari, they often imagine the vast open plains of Africa, teeming with wildlife. But safaris come in many forms,...

My first impression of India was shaped by The Beatles’ famous stay in Rishikesh, where they spent months studying Transcendental...

After returning from a group trip organized by Tauck, I asked Chatty the AI (aka ChatGPT) to write a poem. This was my prompt: Can you...

My friend Andy was in Italy a few weeks ago. Everyday she posted gorgeous photos of Italian cities and their piazzas, churches, and other...

Cat Cafe Mocha is a cat cafe chain in Japan. It is known for the wooden cat tree that is the centerpiece of the cafe. Amongst the...

A walk through Shibuya City, Tokyo will invariably lead through the Shibuya Scramble—the legendary street crossing that stops traffic in...

Over the past few years there have been “immersive experience” art exhibits. Digital versions of art from masters such as Van Gough are...

Jichu Drake (pronounced Chits-zoo Drah-kay) is a mountain in Bhutan whose height is around 23,000 ft. Its height varies depending on the...

Cao Dai is a relatively new religion, having started in 1926 in South Vietnam. One early morning in 2013, Glen and I met a driver who...

For eons Mt. Everest presided over the landscape without humans setting foot on it. It was a sacred mountain, revered by those who →

I just finished a picnic lunch in the countryside outside Siem Reap. I am sitting under a tree next to a Buddhist temple. Two sad, dirt →

I am in front of a magnificent building in the town of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam. It is the Holy See of the Cao Dài religion—a →

"In 1978, the Khmer Rouge killed my father and uncles. Five men in my family, all killed," my guide explains before we →

I am wearing a light jacket. I wish it was made of fleece. Chugging along at 30 mph in a tuk tuk makes 15 degrees C seem much colder, →