Autumn in Mongolia varies from cold to extremely cold. So I’m huddled in four layers of clothing, sitting next to a roaring fire. Adam, a good friend from college days, sits across the fire pit. Steps from our tent is the Eggin River.

“If you could eat anything right ... Read more »

Mausoleums in Uzbekistan

text and photos by Matthew Niederhauser

Central Asia is a puzzling jigsaw of borders, deserts and inland seas with an equally heterogeneous past. Starting with Alexander the Great in 330 B.C., the region fell victim to a ceaseless tide of invaders including the Huns, Turks, Mongols ... Read more »

Celebrating the sakura in Japan

by Stephanie Boegeman

When winter hits northern Japan, it comes hard and fast. For months on end, people navigate snowy roads, dodge plummeting icicles and huddle by heaters. But each year at the beginning of May, our gaze turns upwards, searching bare tree branches for ... Read more »

Dodging landslides and deadly torrents on the road to Nam-tso Lake by Tomas Gutierrez

I had one goal on my latest trip to China-to enter the country by a way I hadn't before. So I settled on flying to Kathmandu and going overland via the Friendship Highway to Lhasa ... Read more »

Take it easy in enchanting Luang Prabang.

The outboard engine spluttered noisily as the cigar-shaped wooden canoe chugged across the swirling, chocolate water, disturbing a couple of egrets stalking the shallows. My seemingly never-ending waterborne journey was about to reach its conclusion, as I caught tantalizing glimpses of ornate golden ... Read more »

And losing yourself in the Pearl of Mindoro.

Gazing out across the darkening waters, and seeing the palm trees bending against the wind, all I could think was “My parents will die if they hear about this.”?

I was on a catamaran heading to the island of Mindoro in search ... Read more »

Join this group of spelunkers as they explore one of the largest underground caves in China

High up in the idyllic wilderness of Wulong County near Chongqing lays Tian Xing, a small, secluded village nestled amid rolling hills and tobacco plantations. Tian Xing doesn’t offer much for the casual ... Read more »