The Woman On Fire

Before I rode camels in India’s Thar desert and the Sahara of Morocco, I’d only seen them ridden in movies. My daughter suggested both dese

Unexpected horrors of a diminutive size await two trekkers in the middle of the night on the Annapurna Sanctuary Trek....

Karen Custer Thurston wins multiple travel writing awards with the 18th Annual Travelers Tales Solas Awards

Valentine’s Day used to be a bummer for me. When my marriage ended, I felt so alone and unwanted. Painful days flowed into painful...

Since the storms had abated that morning, I stayed dry returning with my precious cardboard sign which was about 3 feet square. Neatly and..

How An Older Female Backpacker Unwittingly Finds Herself Hitchhiking In Arthur’s Pass, (South Island) New Zealand A lone highway leads to a mountain range on the South Island of New Zealand When I was 56 years old, I found myself on the South Island of New Zealand. With major decisions to make in my American life, I thought, well, I’ll go on a walkabout and get some perspective. Having gone through a divorce and uprooted my life in the Midwest to work for the Nati

Karen, The Woman On Fire, finally finds her match in a fellow alpha horse: an Arabian Mare with a spitfire spirit to match her own.

From a lack of flushing water to navigating the joys of trying to balance over a rudimentary hole in the ground, Karen explores the less gla

As you can imagine, traveling internationally as a mother and daughter for the past 20+ years comes with unexpected perks and...