Climb, wade, and swim through a cave in Belize that the Maya used for human sacrifices. It's called Actun Tunichil Muknal, and journeying to its interior is like traveling back in time.
Twenty days on foot over 180 miles of the Nepalese Himalaya across a 17,769 foot pass. PART ONE: Kathmandu to Pokhara. How do you prepare for a 20-day trek in Nepal? With a load of bootlegged gear in Kathmandu.
Watch this young man in the Bhekinkos chiefdom of Swaziland be crowned the village chief. Read more about this experience at http://www.vagabondi ng.com/travelogue/00 0115.html.
Twenty days on foot over 180 miles of the Nepalese Himalaya across a 17,769 foot pass. PART TWO: Pokhara to Thorung La pass. Setting foot on the Annapurna trail is like stepping back in time. The trappings and distractions of modern society vanish.
Check out the famous "lost" city of Petra, Jordan, where ancient buildings are carved into the rose-red sandstone. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed here, and you can't help but feel like Indiana Jones as you explore it.
Twenty days on foot over 180 miles of the Nepalese Himalaya across a 17,769 foot pass. PART THREE: Thorung La pass. The first hour hurt the most on this unforgiving trek over 17,769 foot Thorung La pass.
It seems like there's a celebration happening every day in India, and everyone's eager to make you a part of it. I learned this on a Tuesday night in Bodh Gaya when this procession came rolling down my street.