Sometimes the best-laid plans are meant to be derailed. It was a happy accident that we ended up in Hong Kong on Christmas Eve, just in time to take in all the magical Christmas joy.

See, we were planning on spending the entirety of Christmas at home, in our decorated apartment, making our favorite Christmas dinners, watching Christmas movies, and maybe taking our tandem out for a spin. But the...

Deep in the heart of the Mongolian Taiga lives Mongolia’s most unique and remote community of herders, the Tsaatan. What makes the Tsaatan so unique is not so much where they live, but how they live. While most Mongolian herder families raise cows and sheep, the Tsaatan do things a little differently. They raise reindeer.

Reindeer herding is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Prior ...

In many ways, Mongolia feels like the last frontier. It’s the land of blue sky and wide open spaces, where animals outnumber people 22 to 1.

Mongolia is a place where wildlife thrives, animals roam free, and people spend most of their time outside instead of in. It’s a country that values tradition, with a rich culture and immense respect for the natural world. Basically, it’s an outdoor lover’...