The following is an excerpt from the author’s book, Around the World in 575 Songs : Traditional Music From All The World’s Countries, Volume 3 Asia & Oceania. By : Nick Wall On 1st March 1954 the USA detonated a hydrogen bomb (code named Castle Bravo) at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This was just one…
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A Look into the Colombian Communities Who Are Replacing Coca for Coffee
By: Kristen Slizgi It’s no secret that Colombia is home to some of the best coffee beans in the world. We see it imprinted on the various coffee bags in our grocery stores. We hear about it in movies and we read about it in books. Naturally, one would expect to see the Colombian people…
Sleepless in Spangmik
By: Vania Lim “Julleh!” greets our smiling bellboy as he leads the way to our temporary abode. We step inside, assessing the large bed dressed in velvety soft mink, jute carpeting and ensuite facilities. It looks like any ordinary room. Except the walls and ceiling are constructed from kitschy star-patterned canvas, the floor rises awkwardly…
4 Powerful Tips To Help You Overcome Culture Shock
By: Ruben Quinteros Anger. Of all the emotions associated with culture shock, anger was the one I expected the least. I had never experienced culture shock in any real way before, and I had traveled enough to think that I was somehow uniquely immune. Maybe I was just peculiarly cosmopolitan, open-minded, or adaptable to new experiences….
Marking Time at the Hôtel des Grands Boulevards in Paris
By: Madeline Weinfield Paris. Everyone’s favorite city. Yet I had come on a mere pit stop—not a word one usually uses, or should use, with the city of light—on my way to Chamonix to begin a grueling hike on the Tour du Mont Blanc. But Paris. Paris has a siren call that was hard to…
Late Fall Travel Edit: What’s Best Right Now
By: Madeline Weinfield Continuing our roundup of what’s best on the market to keep you stylishly and sustainably traveling. ADAY ADAY makes beautiful, simple athleisure wear for people like me who believe that sneakers belong in exactly one pace: the gym. They are stylish, sculptural next century designs to elevate even the most…
Beyond the Masks of Dia de los Muertos
By: Michael Schwartz It is October 31st. Children skip through the 600-year old streets of Patzcuaro, Mexico, collecting candy, as families, business owners, and churches prepare for the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration the following day. Vibrant orange marigolds hang from every tree, archway, and sign in sight. The mouth-watering scent of cooking elotes…
Cold Water
By: Madeline Weinfield The water was unforgivably cold but I hardly felt it, clothes still on from a run, not wanting to lose heart or nerve by changing into a bathing suit. I swam until I couldn’t feel my toes, stomach aching with shock. This is the cold water of lobster season that arrives…
Inside the Life of a Peruvian San Pedro Shaman
By: Nico Picciuto Insulated from the rapid plunders of modernization by vast jungles and mountain ranges, it is still possible to encounter intact shamanic cultures. For these people, plants which bring about visionary trances are the focal point of spiritual life and tradition. They believe plants are sentient beings, cosmic envoys with integral lessons for…
