120 km northeast of Siem Reap is a lost archeological site where overgrown trees tangle untrampled across thousand-year-old ruins. There is a Mayan-style pyramid stacked seven-tiers high and…
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- From 802 CE to 1431 CE, the Khmer empire reigned over much of Southeast Asia. It was a period marked by artistic achievements, architectural advances, and religious expansion…
- “Mesa Verde was never unknown or a lost civilization. Just unknown to new settlers.” The narration in the park film at Mesa Verde National Park sheds light on…
- Reading Guevara’s Motorcycle Diaries is kind of a right of passage for backpackers traveling through South America. Guevara set out on a nine-month motorcycle journey that allowed him…
- Before getting to Budapest, my picture of the city was limited to an image stock photo websites must have sold hundreds of times. The photo of was Budapest…
- If you’re traveling down the Gringo Trail, Chile might feel unexpectedly familiar. There are no ramshackle busses or alpacas wandering the streets. Instead, there are arbitrary laws, expensive cups…
![The last few weeks spent so very indoors have gotten me thinking about this inverse relationship we have with nature. I've now seen three articles put out by @nytimes about the positive impact our global economic shutdown is having on carbon emissions (albeit a temporary reduction). Isn't it crazy to think that nature is flourishing as human civilization comes to a [nearly] full stop? While we're all busy focusing on the crisis right in front of us, there's also the very real, very impending climate emergency still ahead. If this moment teaches us anything, let it be that we can't wait until the last minute to do something.](https://traveloutlandish.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)