Is it weird to want to visit the flood-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward during Mardi Gras season?
The Other Patagonia
During his stint as writer-in-residence for a global Land Rover expedition, Rolf explores the recently completed Carretera Austral (Southern Highway) through Chile’s Aisen province.
A Desert By Any Other Name
The desert coast of Peru is as gorgeous as it is baffling.
Jolly Good Excuse For a Party
From the shores of a Thailand resort town, Rolf explores what happens when you mix rich men, elephants, and polo gear.
Fear and Loathing in a Five-Star Hotel
He’d navigated the Mekong river, wandered the Libyan Desert, and been stranded in Siberia. Then – in one last adventure after two years of vagabonding – Rolf traveled to Bangkok to face the specter of world-class luxury.
Raising My Parents in Mongolia
When Rolf’s parents accompany him on a trip to Mongolia, he suddenly finds the whole parent-child dynamic reversed. But who’s teaching whom a lesson?
Super Bowl Exile
Rolf reports from Thailand on the difficulty of taking part in a time-honored American custom — watching the Super Bowl — while traveling in Asia.
Intrigue under the big screen
At a 1-dinar cinema in Amman, Jordan, the real story has little to do with the movie itself.
The baksheesh diaries
In Egypt, Rolf discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag.
Skepticism and salvation in Cyprus
An unorthodox tour of the second and final tomb of Lazarus puts a strange twist into Rolf’s Larnaca layover.
A Greek romance
At Corfu’s Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild.