A refreshing breeze gusted up from the edge of the trail, but I hugged the canyon wall rather than risk the kilometer drop to the…
Værøy beyond the Maelstrom
My trip to the Lofoten islands off Norway’s north coast was even less planned than usual. I’d seen an otherworldly photo of sharp-peaked mountains rising…
Amazing Adventures in Europe: The Steve-quel
Six months was a long time to spend in South America, and it felt even longer. But on my return none of the fundamental reasons…
Machu Picchu is Inca for “single ladies”
When amateur archaeologist Hiram Bingham led the 1911 Yale Peruvian expedition down the Urubamba river, never did he expect to find the Inca citadel of…
Easter Island Pt. 2: Journey’s End
Orongo and the Cult of the Birdman I returned for a third time to the top of Rano Kau crater to visit the ruins of…
Easter Island Pt. 1: A Far and Fallen Paradise
Midway between Chile and Tahiti lies Easter Island- an incomprehensibly remote speck of green in the endless Pacific. The Polynesian settlers discovered a paradise of temperate climate,…