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Birds flock and gigolos hustle in the Gambia

For tourists in the Gambia, even the beach is no refuge from hustlers, known as “bumsters”, who sell horseback rides—or themselves.

Hiking the Corcovado, there's no turning back

In Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park it's just you and the jungle-and the pumas, scorpions, and white-lipped peccaries

Kettle Valley Bike Trail Rises From the Ashes

The silence is golden, the sun beating down and the trail seemingly endless in a good way. Everything is tranquil, pastoral, on the verge of divine. My friend Bryn and I are...

Travellers Lend Hand to Leatherbacks

I am lying on my stomach in the wet sand, at eye level with the rear end of a giant leatherback turtle. She smells like she is the sea, a stench so overpowering I am holding...