Dr. Narco
I arrived in La Paz for the second time in my travels in late October, 2012. This was at the very tail end of the climbing season in Bolivia, and I had low expectations for finding climbing possibilities and reliable climbing partners. On my second day in La Paz,...
Cambodia: The Depth of a Smile
Cambodia is one of the saddest, happiest, charming, impressive, crumbling, richest and poorest countries I have been to. It is truly a land of contrasts. Recent history, between their undesired role in the Vietnam war, to the horrific rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer...
Fearful Symmetry
Without question, one of the most exquisitely beautiful and powerful animals on this planet is the Malayan Tiger. While I may have nearly been a small supper for one of these critically endangered felines, my adoration and respect does not waver. I was on a...
Candomble
The Animistic Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble is concentrated in the Bahia State of central-coastal Brazil. I decided to learn more about it at its most authentic in Cachoeira, a little visited village a couple of hours outside of Salvador, Bahia, and along the old...