The Saffron Coast
Goa’s horizons are red. A pale pinkish red, the bright saffron of the Indian flag, and the the deep, rust color of dried blood. It exposes itself up and down […]
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Mumbai 101
We’d just finished our first Dosa since Penang the previous winter, its savory potato masala blending in our mouths with tangy mint chutney christening our yearly sovereign to the tropics […]
Togean Turquoise
We affectionately nicknamed our vessel the “Smog Princess”. Its two massive Chinese engines belched smoke with a deafening roar and required nearly constant attention from the captain’s three sons who […]
Rio Platano Expedition: Across the Moskitia Coast
Under the thatched roof of a small stilted hut in the tiny jungle village of Las Marias we enjoyed a hearty lunch while our rafts were being deflated and loaded […]
Rio Platano Expedition: The Village of the River
The final morning the surrounding jungle was distinctively more radiant towering over the river. The sky had a bright cerulean glow and the green vegetation, round grey river rocks, and […]
Rio Platano Expedition: Among the Ancients
By our fourth day on the river, the skies had cleared, the river had widened, and the now smooth current did most of the work. The sections where the shoreline […]
Rio Platano Expedition: Under the Canopy
Walking into the forest provided a sharp jolt to the senses. The light dimmed, the air became thick with moisture, and the silence was broken by the hum of insects […]
Rio Platano Expedition: Journey to the End of the Road
I have always been drawn towards the magnetism of truly wild places, those rare and disappearing enclaves that due to remoteness and landscape are still largely untamed by man. Places […]
