Bullfighting Buddhists or Backwards Bumpkins in Peru
In a land where the Catholic conquistadors conquered and subjugated the native Incas, a small band of Peruvian…
Decency Be Damned – Writing Workshop – Yorkshire – 2018
Decency Be Damned: a seven-day roving writing workshop across Yorkshire, England, hosted by Writers’ Expeditions and Exploring York –…
The Mud Sucker Curse of Transylvania
I’ve had another adventure travel story published by Perceptive Travel magazine. “The Mud Sucker Curse of Transylvania” (Romania)…
Hiding the Cannoli in Sicily
My story about that time my husband invited a total stranger (at the luggage carousel in Sicily) to…
Writers’ Expeditions Video Halloween in Romania
The Guilt Cafe in Vietnam
My second story for Perceptive Travel magazine was just published. The Guilt Café in Vietnam: “Holy horrors, what…
My Kyrgyzstan Story Makes Top Ten
My crazy Kyrgyzstan story, which was published a few months ago in Perceptive Travel magazine, made their top ten…
The Mountain Men Who Don’t Exist in Kyrgyzstan
I’ve never told this crazy, camping, Kyrgyzstan story before. It still gives me the creeps. When friends and…
Easter Island and the Chilean with the Brazilian
(This story of Kirsten’s is in the humorous travel book Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana published by Travelers’…
Chasing Tornadoes
(This story of Kirsten’s was published in the Travelers’ Tales series of books The Best Women’s Travel Writing volume…