"We cannot shut down the world." As I hopped on and off planes all over Europe and the Caucasus, I couldn't agree more with this statement by the World Health Organization (WHO). Borders are closing, but the spread of the novel coronavirus between countries is rapid and increasingly unpredictable. So — what to do when, like me, you're currently far from home and in the middle of your trip? How to deal when passing through crowded airports or strapped to your airplane seat wit

You can travel to where everyone else is going — or, you can take the less-beaten path. Call them underrated places, up-and-coming destinations, or simply overlooked cities. Tbilisi, Georgia is one such city: creative, eccentric, artistic and oh-so-beautiful — and yet, still not on everyone's radar. When I mention Tbilisi, people balk. "Wait—how do you pronounce that?" "Are you going to the States?" "Where is this Georgia?" "Is it safe there?" I don't blame them. I myself was

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” ~ Albert Einstein. This is how I ended up here: in the midst of mysterious mountains, dramatic dustings of snow, surveying and shivering by these dangerous deep precipices, marvelling at how the world can open up with a sudden turn or, in my case — a single yes. If I continued doing what I always did — visited the same cities, engaged in the same touristic activities, ate in the same places, me