I am usually a mountain person when it comes to trips. However, there is one place in the tropics that has always captured my interest, and that is the Amazon basin in the rain forests of Brazil. The Amazon basin is the largest...
Read MoreSitting on the plane from Kuwait to Islamabad, I kept wondering how big an issue wearing a headscarf would be – I am a woman entering a Muslim country after all. Friends who had been to Pakistan several years ago said they had...
Read MoreJeannie Boutelle has a passion for the mountains and learning about other cultures. She lives in the flatlands of Chicago but uses it as a hub to explore mountain ranges and cultures across the world. A sales trader by...
Read MoreI had heard from trekking friends that the Baltoro Glacier, in the Karakorum Range in northeastern Pakistan, was one of the most beautiful places in the world. I just got back from there and they were right! There are two...
Read MoreAfter listening to the lyrics of Crosby, Stills and Nash’s “Marrakesh Express†and The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah†over the years, Marrakesh and Morocco, in Northern Africa, were places that stuck in my head. I was...
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