Picture yourself lying in bed in a restored vintage railroad car parked on a bridge overlooking the Lower Sabie River in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Outside your window, there’s a gigantic herd of elephants, ranging in size from pint-sized babies to Brobdingnagian behemoths marching purposefully by as though auditioning for a National Geographic documentary.
I am standing inside perhaps the most sophisticated stadium ever built: a magnificent, latticed half-dome of white steel and trillion-pixel megascreens, bent over a football pitch so green it looks iced. And I am watching my least favorite sport on Earth: American football. As I guzzle citrus beer, the players take their 683rd strategic break
The children of Llullaillaco don’t look too different from the living children I’ve seen around Salta. They’ve got the same diamond-shaped faces, pecan-colored skin and straight, pitch-dark hair. Of course, the children of Llullaillaco are smaller, as people five centuries ago were wont to be – and dead. I’m talking about three Incan child-sacrifice mummies,
But what would you do if there was no risk of being caught? Some people want to kill
Villa Treville retains the director’s sense of chutzpah and style
It is a place of dreams and deceptions
Glamping in the foothills of the iconic volcano that won’t let you out of her sight
The stars of the show were the sea lions
At home with the leader of the KKK
I’d never killed one before. I’d hunted other animals: deer, rabbits, doves, ducks, turkeys and so on
Like so many, I first learned of the place because of Alexandra Tolstoy
In Europe, I’ve felt most tired, hungry and poor – yet also most alive
Here in the west, many don’t want a trade war with the United States. They want in
Underneath its gray, foreboding exterior, it is a joyful and exciting city
Laos is now an economic vassal of China, a protectorate, or feudal satellite firmly in Beijing’s orbit
My father would have loved this new spa life. I’m not sure about my mother. But I did
From the Khoisan to springbok herds to British soldiers, many have passed without leaving a mark
After a quick Bellini at Harry’s, the glory of the mountains beckons
No stop lights, no fast food — just Bahamian charm and turquoise waters in Hemingway’s playground
To lose these magnificent creatures would be tragic, and not only for their beauty