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A woman encounters a familiar face while on an Italian train ride to her best friend’s funeral. This story was selected as the winner of the Romance on the Road …

While working at McMurdo Station, a writer is thrilled and love-struck by the desolate landscape of Antarctica. What follows is both a moving personal story and a vivid description of …

A traveler leaves the tourist trail to confront the realities of Villa Salvador a shandy town on the outskirts of Lima that is known as Peru’s largest slum. The condominiums …

Travel writer and author Timothy Mathis ignores advice from fellow travelers and makes his way to El Salvador’s small port city of La Union — notorious for gangs and violence. …

Between puffs on a joint, a stoned traveler in Nicaragua struggles to understand why his beard is receiving so much attention — and begins to construct a fascinating theory… Memories …

During a cruise down the Nile River, a traveler and her fellow tourists watch as a small boat pulls up alongside theirs. What could these strangers want? It’s day two …

A traveler in Vietnam sets her sights on an “urbex” — an urban exploration experience — she can’t pass up, with a three-story concrete dragon at its center. My partner, …

A trip through Eastern Europe lands a traveler in Transnistria, a country that doesn’t officially exist, causing her to question what actually defines a country. Our hodge-podge of cars and …

When night falls in Gyumri, Armenia’s second-largest city, a traveler finds himself sharing the dance floor with unlikely companions. THE CITY IS IN DARKNESS. All streetlights are off. Furious packs …