Hawaii: A timeless, ageless magical mystery tour
The little Hilo airport was eerily empty. The 20 or so people on my flight from Honolulu grabbed their belongings and quickly went on their…
Times and Places
A slow boat to Sifnos, Greece
We learned two lessons on our visit to the Greek island of Sifnos: always check your ticket before boarding a busy ferry, and it pays—big…
Peru’s Inca Trail: No horsing around
The heroes of Machu Picchu are the porters, descendants of the peoples who were part of the Inca empire. The Inca made up the largest…
Peru’s Inca Trail: Walking in the footsteps of the Inca
At 5 am on December 20, 2012, we set out on a journey in Peru on a stone path made more than 500 years ago….
Peru’s Nazca lines — extraterrestrial?
It was a long, windy, and nauseating 14-hour bus ride from Cusco to Nazca. My mother, Barbara, her husband, Irwin, and I were looking to…