Travel Journal

darien panama

Into the unknown, Darien Panama

Darien. Panama Everyone looks at you as if you were a mad when you mention you are traveling here. The lure of lost tribes, uncharted jungle and unique experiences is why explorers among travelers come here. This is the Darien Panama. I boarded a small bush plane in Panama City connecting to a town near the Colombian border. The plane flew over turquoise blue waters...

nagaland tribe

Nagaland: The hornbill festival, symbols of the past

“Where am I”, I close my eyes and my hearing becomes heightened. In the distance musket rifles are being fired into the air followed by the screams of a war cry, the hauntingly beautiful humming of a tribal chant and the deep base from the longhouse gong being struck this is what I hear. Breathe in, the smell of fresh earth is replaced by smoking pork fat from the...