A newsletter about travel after kids.
In 2011, I embarked on a two week volunteer trip to Lima, Peru during which time I read Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel. One weekend my group drove south to the massive Huacachina sand dunes, a boundless desert playground for visitors. We raced around in dune buggies and took turns sand-boarding, an activity in which one sits on a small surf board and speeds down the side of a dune the size of a Manhattan building from top to bottom.
Read MoreOur trip to Dubai turned out to be something of a given. Once we pulled the trigger on the Emirates flights, we had friends to travel with, a place to stay and an itinerary essentially laid out for us thanks to those friends. Jordan was our wild card.
Read MoreUntil a recent trip to Jordan's Wadi Rum desert in March of 2018, Isla Ometepe in Nicaragua was the most remote place I had ever been. This island formed by two volcanoes (active Concepción and nonactive Maderas) holds a certain allure.The course of natural history that created this place feels so unlikely to have occurred, two massive volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua to form an island, that getting to spend time here holds a bit of unexpected magic.
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