Conversations between Women: Social Transitions in a Modernising Oman
Em broke the silence that had hung between us for a while, as we sipped our drinks and enjoyed the view down the wadi. “I don’t know that this would...
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The Man Who Asked Me the Name of His Religion
Why, oh why, didn’t I book another transfer at the same time Rachel did? I began pacing in the hostel’s spacious common area. Alone, since the other guests had already...
Atacama's Other Astronomy Tour: Full Moon Ritual at the Ruins of Tulor
The sunset at Tulor was not as spectacular as the one I witnessed the previous evening in the Valley of the Moon. But I was not there for the sunset....
Launching My Pacific Odyssey While Hiking to Orongo
I decided to hike to Orongo, after my successful attempts to visit the moai-era archaeological sites of Rapa Nui. As the ritual site representing the cult that came to be...
Voices on the Horizon