Discovering a hidden gem off the tourist track

Discovering a hidden gem off the tourist track

Still doing holiday shopping? Take your pick of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, handwoven rugs and baskets — entire roomfuls that are handmade by Native American artisans. Of course, you can shop till you drop anytime!

At NYC’s One World Observatory: Winter ONEderland

At NYC’s One World Observatory: Winter ONEderland

The Winter ONEderland: A Holiday Experience Above It All at One World Observatory in New York City is open until January 7, 2019. I experienced the journey on December 4, 2018 and highly recommend this magical, multi-media fun even

In Zambia: Empowering women through skills and A&K Philanthropy

In Zambia: Empowering women through skills and A&K Philanthropy

This project, one of several here run by Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropies, is designed not only to bring money into the village—the bikes sell from $25 to $120, with people coming from Livingstone to purchase them—but to empower women, explained Mabvuto Phiri, who is showing us around the village

A world apart: life in a South African Township

A world apart: life in a South African Township

We are outside of Cape Town in Langa, a historic South African Township, just a little more than one square mile but home to more than 60,000 people, many living in abject poverty

A Sobering History Lesson– Robben Island

A Sobering History Lesson– Robben Island

Mlilwana “Sparky” Sparks was just 17 when he was sentenced in 1983 to the notorious South African Prison Robben Island, less than five miles west of the Cape Town Coast