February 19, 2019
The Volcano at Dawn – Trekking Bali’s Mount Batur
As I scrambled upwards through dirt and weeds in the pitch black, I started to feel extremely faint. Our local guide Eddie was quick on…
January 16, 2019
Soul Searching in Sri Lanka
A woman seeks peace and answers on the island of Sri Lanka and learns how to enjoy life from those affected by the 2004 tsunami.…
December 21, 2018
The Kingdom of the Tiger
A writer recounts his doomed attempt to photograph a Bengal tiger in India's Jim Corbett National Park. While my friend and I were merrily interning…
December 5, 2018
At the Funeral of a Thai Monk
A Writer Determined To Get Off Thailand's Well-Trodden Tourist Trail Finds Himself Invited to the Province of Roi Et to Attend The Funeral of an Influential…
November 14, 2018
Thirty Million Bats in Battambang, Cambodia
Could there really be thirty million bats leaving the Phnom Sampeou Mountain in Battambang, Cambodia every night? A group of six friends travelling together, we…
November 13, 2018
Nimrah the Baker
Parsi baking culture survives in the heart of India, where Nimrah and his staff of 70 pump out tens of thousands of cookies a day.…
November 2, 2018
Shantha the Rasta
Over many glasses of Arrack, a local coconut based spirit, Thomas Heaton hears a firsthand account of how the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami is still…
July 9, 2018
Surviving Baijiu, China’s Pungent Grain Alcohol
My friend paused, holding the small bottle in his hand. It was dark, and for a moment the streets of Kunming seemed to grow silent.…
