4.5 GEAR REVIEW: PATAGONIA BLACK HOLE 32L Note: As of 2019, I now use the Patagonia Black Hole 60L duffel for all my travels. Weekend trips are now mainly for mountain biking, which requires...
THE CULTURE SHOCK OF OUR 27TH COUNTRY “Reverse culture shock,” a complex we heard so much about while traveling this past year that we assumed it would be inevitable upon our return...
LESSONS LEARNED ON THE TRANS-MONGOLIAN Stepping off the train in Moscow, we officially ended our journey on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. What started in daydreams — staring at maps and...
A HOLIDAY WITHIN A HOLIDAY AT OLKHON ISLAND There are two ways to get to Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal: quickly or safely. We got there quickly. After one night in Irkutsk we boarded a microbus...