Hot Air Balloon Flight Over Cappadocia, Turkey

An otherworldy landscape that seems more lunar than earthly, this June I climbed inside a hot air balloon basket and floated over the fairy chimneys and accordion-ridged valleys of Cappadocia, Turkey. In short – it was magical Don’t believe me? Read More …

Sailing Turkey and Greece with MDFV

Two weeks eating, swimming, napping, and hiking on repeat sailing through Turkey and Greece. That’s what it was like on board the Muhtesem A Gulet with MDFVoyage, a fitness cruise company operating in the Mediterranean. With yoga twice a day plus Read More …

On Safari in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater

Allowed to stay within the crater for only 6 hours and at a costly fee of more than $200 per vehicle, Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a spectacular feat of nature. The world’s largest unbroken caldera is filled with more than Read More …

Suntanning Icebergs on Iceland’s Black Sand Beaches

Can you imagine giant icebergs suntanning on black sand beaches? I was incredibly delighted when I arrived to Jökulsárlón, Iceland’s glacier lagoon in the southwest part of the country and saw precisely that. Pieces of ice calve off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on the Read More …