Johanna Read

On Thailand's many stunning islands, it's easy to find thumping bars and full moon (and every other night of the month) parties with celebrating revelers. But what about those who want a quiet, unspoiled island with the Goldilocks amount of tourist infrastructure?

With backpackers, digital nomads, and expats all putting their mark on Chiang Mai, visiting Thailand’s second-largest city is easy and accessible — but it can leave visitors feeling unfulfilled. Here's how to make visiting Chiang Mai more meaningful.

For TIME Magazine's World's Greatest Places 2026, a tiny restaurant that makes just 20 pizzas a night and a back-to-nature farm stay in the northeastern Thai province of Nan.

First published in Travels & Thrills Magazine.

South Africa offers a breadth of traveler experiences that is hard to match, from the stunning expanses of wilderness in the Drakensberg Mountains and the Kalahari, to cosmopolitan Johannesburg and dynamic Cape Town. The best time to visit will depend on what you want to do when you get there, given the country's variety of landscape, weather and festival seasons.

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For Forbes Japan, the Japanese translation of my "Egypt: Where You Do—And Don’t—Need A Guided Tour" article written for Forbes.

From the Pacific coastal desert to the Andes to the Amazon.