Hundreds of wilderness experts rushed to Ground Zero—and found a maddening, hellish new frontier. At the corner of Nassau and John Streets, five blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, the usual look is pinstripes or pearls, not tan canvas … [Continue reading] about Unnatural Disaster
Ever fantasized about building a restful escape, with your bare hands, in some untrammeled back of beyond—and it all coming together just as you’d planned? Moron. Comedy is tragedy plus time, and I’m telling you, not enough time has passed. Two … [Continue reading] about The Cabin of My Dreams
It was a whisper, barely enough to flutter the sails of Agamemnon, that originally set me careening down the mountainous coast of Turkey in my puny Renault, searching for a colony of backpackers living in the trees. A 21-year-old wanderer from … [Continue reading] about Playground of the Gods
Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana. In the first two decades of my life I don’t believe I ever went more than nine hours without eating. Later on I was subjected to longer bouts—in China in the 1980s, traveling with insurgents in … [Continue reading] about Thirty Days as a Cuban
The new country of South Sudan is blessed with oil, water, and a safari bonanza: one of the largest, most stunning animal migrations on earth. But without roads, laws, or infrastructure, can Africa’s youngest state turn potential into stabilizing … [Continue reading] about A Wild Country Grows in South Sudan
No place has come so far in so short a time as Cape Town. A generation ago, it was struggling with apartheid's dark legacy and a tarnished reputation. Today, it's bustling, with chic restaurants and celebrity tourists. Patrick Symmes reports from a … [Continue reading] about City on the Edge
The Swedish capital reveals itself to those who get an early start—or, better yet, never go to bed to begin with. Patrick Symmes stays up all night in a city that has morphed from cloistered enclave into a multi-ethnic mecca with a perfectionist … [Continue reading] about Sleepless in Stockholm
With last Wednesday’s announcement of plans to release 52 political prisoners who were arrested during a 2003 crackdown, Cuban President Raúl Castro took his first major step away from decades of hardline policy. Under the deal negotiated with … [Continue reading] about New Tactics for an Old Regime in Cuba
ALLAH WAS INVOKED THAT DAY, after a wood-fired breakfast in an 18-degree dawn. The earth was cloaked anew; hoarfrost made the grass crunch under my boots. Wind ripped away the plume of Daniel González's breath. Winter in southern Chile, one of the … [Continue reading] about Dams in Chilean Patagonia
South America contains the Amazon, the Andes, 19,000 miles of coastline, and arguably more adventure than any other continent. So where to start? These ten perfect trips, from exploratory rafting in Peru to skiing in Chile to beach-hopping … [Continue reading] about Meet The Neighbors
At last, tear gas. Near noon, I was sitting quietly in my hotel room in La Paz when the TV screen started streaming live footage of a riot. The spectacle of protest and provocation is so traditional here in Bolivia that it could be the national … [Continue reading] about Day of Ascension
Download PDF Published in Condé Nast Traveler Slow Food and Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest … [Continue reading] about Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest (PDF)
Written by: Patrick Symmes and Peter Frank Edwards Harvest Swoon It's called agriturismo in Italy—travel to the things that feed us—but these days it's blooming right here at home, especially in the … [Continue reading] about Slow Food and Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest
Belize, Bonaire, and the Bahamas share more than a first letter—they are among the best places in the greater Caribbean to experience that increasingly imperiled wonder of the world, the tropical … [Continue reading] about Blue Beauty
We shared a room at the Hotel Diplomate in Kampala, Uganda, which was slightly awkward. Despite nearly a decade of email and scratchy Skyping, years of sending hope and Western Union transfers across … [Continue reading] about Path of Dreams: The Trip of a Lifetime in Uganda
