By Joan Larsen Before the road was built in the mid-1970s, the only access to the village of Guoliang – high in the Taihang Mountains of China – was a very precarious path called “The Sky Ladder” – 720 mountain steps cut into a very steep cliff. It definitely kept visitors out. In fact, […]
June 1, 2016
By Alice Friedemann If you want to find out what it was like to live in the Ice Age, you might want to head for Iceberg Lake in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. It’s about a 7 hour drive east from Anchorage. But you can also fly into that dot on the map that is remote […]
September 16, 2015
By Joan Larsen I crouched low, my eyes already tearing with emotion, as this mother gorilla – so close to me – showed off her new baby to me. There was no fear but instead, intense pride – and love. Mother to mother, I thought – a universal feeling. I was not afraid. Instead, in […]
March 22, 2017
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