by Laura Resau Breathless, I hurry along narrow trails between Quichua family farms, past barking dogs, squawking chickens, curly-tailed piglets.  My destination is a shaman who lives in this village on the outskirts of Otavalo, Ecuador. I’m going partly for book research, but mostly as a last-ditch hope he can heal me. Back in Colorado, […]
Check out the Awards page on BestTravelWriting.com for all of the results of the Seventh Annual Solas Awards.
by Matthew Crompton “The ball that we hurled into infinite space, doesn’t it fill our hand differently with its return: heavier by the weight of where it has been?” —Rilke [1] Calcutta The impression of Calcutta, arriving on a sweltering afternoon in early summer, is not of an ancient city existing, like Benares, outside of […]
The judges are a little behind schedule this year because of circumstances beyond their control, so the announcement of the winners of this year’s Solas Awards will be delayed one week. Look for the list of winners on BestTravelWriting.com on March 7. Our apologies and many thanks for your patience.
