Unbounded - The Roman Trail Blog

Aerial view of Stone Town, Zanzibar, and its historic architecture

Stone Town Packing List for Women: Modest Dress...

Zanzibar is around 99 percent Muslim and Stone Town is not a beach resort. Cover shoulders and knees, check the Ramadan dates, and expect lanes no map can help with....

Stone Town Packing List for Women: Modest Dress...

Zanzibar is around 99 percent Muslim and Stone Town is not a beach resort. Cover shoulders and knees, check the Ramadan dates, and expect lanes no map can help with....

Dead trees and red dunes at Sossusvlei, Namibia

Sossusvlei Packing List for Women: Freezing Daw...

Sossusvlei swings from near freezing at dawn to 40 degrees by midday with no shade at all. The gate opens at sunrise, the last stretch needs a 4x4, and sand...

Sossusvlei Packing List for Women: Freezing Daw...

Sossusvlei swings from near freezing at dawn to 40 degrees by midday with no shade at all. The gate opens at sunrise, the last stretch needs a 4x4, and sand...

The Drakensberg mountains and green foothills, South Africa

Drakensberg Packing List for Women: Chain Ladde...

The Drakensberg has chain ladders on its signature route, summer lightning that kills people, and an escarpment with no marked trails where you sign a rescue register before walking. The...

Drakensberg Packing List for Women: Chain Ladde...

The Drakensberg has chain ladders on its signature route, summer lightning that kills people, and an escarpment with no marked trails where you sign a rescue register before walking. The...

Phewa Lake below green mountains at Pokhara, Nepal

Pokhara Packing List for Women: Trek Gateway at...

Pokhara is warm and low at 820 meters, and everything you walk from it is cold and high. Buy permits in town, hire gear cheaply, and pack for both climates....

Pokhara Packing List for Women: Trek Gateway at...

Pokhara is warm and low at 820 meters, and everything you walk from it is cold and high. Buy permits in town, hire gear cheaply, and pack for both climates....

The rugged mountains and open landscape of Leh Ladakh, India

Ladakh Packing List for Women: 3,500 Meters and...

Leh sits at 3,500 meters and the flight from Delhi puts you there in ninety minutes, which is why the first 48 hours must be rest. Plus a 25-degree daily...

Ladakh Packing List for Women: 3,500 Meters and...

Leh sits at 3,500 meters and the flight from Delhi puts you there in ninety minutes, which is why the first 48 hours must be rest. Plus a 25-degree daily...

The Meteora monasteries on their cliffs at Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora Packing List for Women: The Skirt Rule ...

Meteora's monasteries require women to wear a skirt below the knee and refuse trousers, wraps are lent at the door, each has hundreds of steps, and they close on rotating...

Meteora Packing List for Women: The Skirt Rule ...

Meteora's monasteries require women to wear a skirt below the knee and refuse trousers, wraps are lent at the door, each has hundreds of steps, and they close on rotating...