A cold wind blows, birds fly above, and all I hear is the sound of my feet crunching in the gravel of the trail. I'm moving very slow now. One step every two seconds to get up this hill. Crunch-Mississippi...Two-Mississippi...Crunch. I have spent eight days now getting to this point. My mind wonders. I think about the gorgeous bridges I crossed, covered in Tibetan prayer flags and suspended by steel cables high over the glacial-green river below. I think a...

A good wildlife safari always begins with the guide listing the different ways to escape animal attacks. If you are walking through the jungle and a rhino chases you, run in zigzags until no longer being chased (whenever that may be). For sloth bear encounters, huddle together as a group and yell. If wild elephants attack, well, you're pretty much screwed because apparently they are aggressive and will kill you. Oh, and my personal favorite, if you encounter a ti...