There is indeed paradise on earth. But paradise-the perfect place, the transporting experience-is also one of travel’s most potent metaphors, it’s Holy Grail, it’s ultimate allure.
We all want to find it, or at least get close to it, if only for an unforgettable moment-be that while consuming a positively divine meal in the Loire, contemplating the transcendent beauty of a Cambodian sunset, or simply awakening at dawn in a flimsy netted hut in the Peruvian amazon, wild things jabbering all around, to find oneself, miraculously, uneaten and triumphantly whole.
Happy trails.




