By Zachary Moses This is the third article in a series. Click to read Part 1 or Part 2 Day 4: Over the Summit and Into the…Tropics? We departed early this morning to start the trek to the base of the Salkantay Glacier. …Okay, so it would have been super awesome if I’d actually gone the whole trip […]
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Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses This is the second in a series. Click HERE to read Part 1! Day 3: Continues… After checking into our Cusco hotel, we enjoyed a little free time. Outside of the hotel I saw a little girl stacking oranges in a café window across the street. She turned out to be the […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 1)
By Zachary Moses Last September I visited Machu Picchu in Peru for the first time. Before I left, I was told that I needed to stop eating gluten. What? Seriously? What am I supposed to eat? Practically everything has wheat gluten (a binding agent) in it. Since food restrictions are a common concern among our […]
My Wild South Africa Adventure (Part 3)
By Zachary Moses This is the third in a series. Click to read Part 1 and Part 2. Day 7: To the Reserve We drove this morning to the Shamwari Game Reserve. We’d chosen this reserve because it lies conveniently outside of the Malaria zone. We arrived at the lodge in time for a wonderful lunch, followed […]
Is Dallas a Gay Hotspot? (Part 2)
Is Everything Bigger in “Gay Texas?” This is Part 2 in a three-part series. If you missed Part 1, click here! Day 3: The Food Keeps Coming. They Should Call This the Dallas Food Tour! When the alarm went off this morning, I felt like a roulette ball was spinning around the inside of my […]
Gay Africa Tour Research: Civilized and Not So Civilized (Part 4)
This is the last in a four-part series. Click to read Part 1 OR Part 2 or Part 3. I thought they would never find everyone at the outdoor reception to take us back to our hotels. It was dark, people were drunk, and the party was clearly still going. Even though the town of Swakopmund is very small, the […]