March 30, 2022
Center Stage at Fight Night in Kurdistan
A spectator at Erbil Fight Night in Kurdistan unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of the ring. “We won what?” The woman hosting the trivia…
June 16, 2021
The Hyena Whisperer
At popular local show in a small Ethiopian village, a traveler unexpectedly finds herself performing the main act. “We are here.” An older Ethiopian man…
March 30, 2021
Sleepless in Madagascar
An idyllic beach in Madagascar seemed suspiciously quiet to our writer... and then the locusts arrived! The cloud in the distance was the oddest one…
March 17, 2021
Stranded in the Peruvian Amazon
A traveler in Peru finds more adventure than she bargained for when her tour boat's engine unexpectedly dies in the middle of the Amazon. “There’s…
