This trek combined mountainous agrarian culture and the occasional rumble of volcanic eruptions, with safari style camping and great meals. The Guatemalan Highlands is a place where you can find women dressed in vibrant traditional clothing, churches blasting music on weeknights, and people cultivating impossibly steep terrain, while lava shoots skyward in the background.
Kathmandu has vibrant culture and countless beautiful temples, but brittle infrastructure and hazy air. It is a hard place to describe since it is so multi-faceted. Each neighborhood had a personality and specialty of its own. The city was hit hard by the 2015 earthquake and parts of the city are still struggling to rebuild, while others have luxury accommodations.
The Salkantay Trek is an amazing way to get to Machu Picchu. This trek takes you from the majesty of glacial snow capped mountains to the tropics within a few days and the view of Machu Picchu at sunrise is unforgettable.
The costumes may looks a little dark, but the tone is anything but. This festival may have a Christian name, but it has lots of Incan roots and character.
This half day mini-adventure will take you off the beaten path on a trail just outside town. You will see lots of terraces while hiking along a mountain trail that passes by farms and through a couple backyards. The trail can be a little tricky to follow so read this for directions.
Free and easy to get to temple in a mountainside cave, just outside Kuala Lumpur
Mix a little culture, lots of stairs, stunning views, and a whole barrel of monkeys together and you get Tiger Temple.
Combine a gentle walk and a heart pounding adventure exploring tombs in the countryside. While Carrowkeel is not far from the highway, it is a bit of Ireland that not many people get to see.