Author: Zev Skolnik

Sometimes hiking means scenic mountain towns and a nice view. Other times it’s setting a 2am alarm to walk through a warzone. After 11 hours, 7 forms of transport, and…

I’d been having a miserable day. Exploring around Sapa in northern Vietnam, I’d slept at a disappointing homestay, the solo travel lonelies were hitting hard, and after five hours on…

I’m two hours into my 5 day silent meditation retreat and a bee has stung me for the second time in my life. ‘Bastard!’ I yell, swatting the air as…

There are 25 people squished into this minivan, and for the past two hours I’ve been rubbing knees with a 50 year old Nepali man in a tracksuit. After each…