Travel

Back in Tehran “God is the greatest (3 times). Glory to him who has subjected this (transport) to us and we could never have accomplished this (by…

Shiraz – Eshphahan Early morning, we depart Shiraz. The bus glides down the arrow straight highway, a warm knife cutting through the desert’s soft butter.…

Tehran – Persepolis For four days now I have traversed Iran: from the busy streets of Tehran to the solitude of the desert and calming Shiraz to the…

Tehran - Shiraz We in the West have a certain image in our heads when we think of Iran; evil scientists planning world destruction in a lab, crazy…

Aspen – TehranA toe drags through the gravel, a raindrop lands on a hand, the clouds waft through the air as if being dragged by angels. The Maroon Bells…

You might find a member station sticker on a car or even run into a fellow traveler sporting some fashionable threads from the same station you support…

Tampico - Aspen 320 miles from Tampico, roughly 40 to the US border. All that stands between me and it is one of the most dangerous stretches of tarmac in…

Tampico through Tamaulipas2100 hours. A soldier eats his last MRE for the day. He huddles with his platoon mates for what may be the last time. They look…

Cancun – VillahermosaYou always expect the unexpected, but sometimes, regardless of your preparation, you get absolutely blindsided. Something happens by…

Havana – MexicoGatito sits on a plastic covered couch. She’s back in Cancun looking through the glass outer wall of an Elektra, a one-stop shop for bank…