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Photos by: Andy Isaacson

Amazon Awakening

December 10, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | Ayahuasca visions and cultural tourism in Ecuador's rain forest.

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In TRAVEL Tags New York Times, Ecuador, Achuar, ayahuasca, tourism, tinkiias, shaman, ceremony, tourist, travel, tsumpa, candle, hut, indigenous, ecuador, oriente, tiinkias, brew, NYT, kapawi, pachamama, pastaza, shell, aya, yage, trippy, psychedlcs, psychedelic tourism, nijiamanch, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic, arutam, achuar, indigenous people, indigena

Photos by: Andy Isaacson

Tristan da Cunha: Island at the End of the World

April 30, 2015

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER | Everything is off the beaten track on the world’s most remote inhabited island.

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In TRAVEL Tags National Geographic, Tristan da Cunha, island, remote, remotest, end of the world, british, outpost, south atlantic, tristan da cunha, Agulhas, queen mary's peak, repetto, lavarello, green, post office, patches, watron, albatross, old year's night, ratting day, lobster, settlement, edinburgh of the seven seas, potatoes, distant, far-flung, island life, life, tristan, tourist, tourism, travel, middle of nowhere, remotest island, world's most remote island
Illustrations by Greg Hart

Illustrations by Greg Hart

Steeped in Tea

April 29, 2015


UTNE | The social significance of tea in America: how tea became the beverage of inner peace and armchair travel.
 

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In BUSINESS Tags Utne, tea, republic of tea, specialty tea, te, marketing, tazo, mighty leaf, numi, celestial seasonings, marketing of tea, marketing of specialty tea, stash, mel ziegler, steve smith, schor, society, america, americans, tea party, sociology of tea, personal ritual, green tea, black tea, oolong tea, roobois, seductive, mystique, adventure, travel

The remains of a fortress, built by a tribe of fire worshipers in the third century, dominates a ridge above the Wakhan Valley between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Pamir Mountains, the Crossroads of History

April 29, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | Retracing the Silk Road through Tajikistan.

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In TRAVEL Tags New York Times, Tajikistan, Silk Road, Pamir Mountains, Kyrgyz, travel, adventure travel, silk, road, road trip, central asia, pamir, wakhi, wahkan, wakhan, khorog, history, pilgrimmage, russian, soviet, tourism, yurt, homestay, panj, afghanist, afghanistan, tajikistan, historical, buddhist, market, bazaar, murghab, roof of the world

Driving through California's remote northeast. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Just Me and My RV

April 29, 2015


NEW YORK TIMES | A western road trip to the world's largest RV rally.
 

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In TRAVEL Tags New York Times, RV, road trip, travel, good sam club, RV rally, walmart, bend

The California Zephyr runs along stretches of the Colorado River. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Riding the Rails

April 22, 2015

NEW YORK TIMES | From New York to California by Amtrak. 

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In TRAVEL Tags New York Times, United States, Amtrak, train, travel

Roberto Penny Cabrera in the Ica Desert. Credit: Andy Isaacson

Lost (and Found) World

April 1, 2015

HEMISPHERES | Peru's Ocucaje Desert is known as the most abundant repository of marine fossils on the planet. It's also a preferred destination for legions of sticky-fingered scavengers. Meet the man who has vowed to fight the fossil thieves.

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In TRAVEL Tags Hemispheres, Peru, Ica, Desert, Ocucaje, fossils, travel

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