Not too long ago my friend and I went to Nepal during our 8 month round the world trip. It was a last minute stop-over (escape) during our three weeks in India, and we were pleasantly surprised with how beautiful and easy it was compared to the chaos we were experiencing in India. We were...

East Jerusalem It was one of those blow-in-the-solarplexis travel moments. I had just been robbed, and among the loss were interviews and notes from Tibet, a camera, and more than $1300 in cash. This happened in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2004, and I remember keenly the anguish I felt, almost as if someone had ripped a...

With the Ugandan anti-gay death penalty legislation raising international ire (like Sweden cutting $50 million aid funding ), and Argentinian transvestites suffering kidnapping and torture by the local police, it might feel like the whole world's against gays these days. Even Thailand's famed gateu-i , while widely accepted on the street, are required by law...