Oh Ireland. Home of Gaelic football. Hurling. Irish Catholics. Pub after pub. Unpredictable weather. Crazy curvy one lane roads with crazy drivers. Incredible accents that you just want keep using. Sheep everywhere - EVERYWHERE...

Iceland certainly isn't all ice! But it certainly isn't a warm destination either.  Iceland was the highest northern latitude that I have traveled before (last year, Antarctica was the highest southern latitude that I have trav...

Tibet! When I thought of Tibet before I visited, I thought mostly of the Dalai Lama and monks and monasteries. I didn't know much about the culture or the political climate. And when we hear Tibet, we think it almost is its own...

As I got off the subway in Chengdu and headed to my hotel for two nights (Sam Cozy Hotel), I was relieved that I was in a first world city after traveling through many third world places the past five months. It was the little ...