Some places on earth are so full of vibrant color, natural wonder, and jaw-dropping vistas they look like they leapt from the pages of a science fiction novel or off the palate of an oil painting. ...

After gazing up at the ominous winding steps and hundreds of Chinese tourists milling about, it was hard not to imagine I was about to embark on some sort of mystical journey. The kind that could o...

After being closed to visitors for multiple times over the past few years, Tibet is re-open for tourists. The closures have been tied to 50th anniversary of the uprising that led to the Dali Lama's...

After spending several weeks in India I crossed through the wild Himalayan landscape to Nepal's majestic capital -- Kathmandu. Kathmandu brings to mind images of temples, markets and a wide array o...