Smugglers’ Notch Has Everything a Skier Could Ask For By Sonja Stark It’s midnight and everyone is sound asleep to a beautiful cacophony of nocturnal creatures. Hard-working snowcats and snowmobiles are out in full force, dancing circles around steep pistes, whistling, rumbling and scraping up dreams for an eventful tomorrow at Smugglers’ Notch resort in […]
Greenland: Sony Stark travels to Greenland for whale-watching, views the fjords ice floes and shows Greenlandic terms for snow and ice.
Ancient Bones, Fine Wine and Fairy-Tale Castles “Racing around circular stone staircases and wooden tunnels atop the Bastille, envisioning heretics and horsemen attacking from the other side, that really struck a nerve in my travel soul.” by Sony Stark Unhurried pleasures and fairy-tale photography await you in Carcassone and the Languedoc-Roussillon region of Southern France. […]
By Sonja Stark Foreign travel fuels the soul and lights the imagination, and nowhere is this truer than in Lincolnshire, England. The Northeast is home to incredible secrets and romantic adventures. Lincolnshire Blue Badge Guide Vic Hughes sums it up nicely. “It’s the center of the universe… It’s absolutely one of the most exciting places […]
Argentina’s Iguassu Falls: Niagara’s Big Brother By Sonja S. Stark One hundred million years ago the product of a gigantic volcanic cataclysm created one of the world’s most beautiful sights in South America: Iguassu Falls. Straddled on the southern border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, Iguassu is a traveler’s favorite eco-destination. This place makes Niagara […]
Buenos Aires: The author provides a detailed guide to the attractions, hotels, restaurants and markets in Buenos Aires.
Montana’s Wildest Winter Resorts By Sonja Stark Moonlight Basin, Big Sky, Bridger Bowl and Red Lodge, in that order I braved the elements and skied my way through Montana’s wildest winter resorts, restaurants and races. My video camera did the lion’s share of the work capturing the charm and big-hearted spirit of some of the […]
Sony Stark visits Vietnam on her round-the-world tour and compares her recollections with those of her stepfather who fought there more than 30 years ago.
Sony Stark visits the Shudras and the Dalits, the ‘untouchables’ of India and writes about the juxtaposition of grinding poverty and great beauty.
Myanmar: Friendly, But Not Free By Sony Stark Despite the fact that Myanmar (formally called Burma) is run by a brutal military regime called the Junta, I found the Burmese people friendlier than the last 5 countries combined. Strict US sanctions frustrate and discourage the economy, but it doesn’t affect how locals treat American tourists. […]
By Sonja Stark Cape Town: A beautiful city Cape Town, South Africa is one of the most beautiful cities in the world; extremely cosmopolitan, safe and everyone speaks English. We’ve been at sea for seven days so dropping anchor here, in a westernized country, is equivalent to coming home. It’s super early and humpbacks hurl […]
Around the World in 100 Days Editor’s note: Videographer Sony Stark has embarked on a world tour aboard the MV Explorer to make a documentary about Semester At Sea, a program of the Institute for Shipboard Education. Second Port of Call: Salvador, Brazil By Sony Stark Salvador, Brazil is known as the greatest Afro-Brazilian city, […]