What I learned when I stopped chasing ‘likes’
In the age of social media over-sharing, one travel writer puts down his camera and recaptures the true meaning of his expeditions
Canadian in Sri Lanka describes horror of nearby church bombing
The writer was just around the corner from St. Sebastian's Church when it was attacked Easter morning
When Tim Johnson’s mom died, he had to figure out how to grieve
Learning to live without her was messy, the ups and downs unpredictable, but research into grief helped
Bhutan says it is the most blissful place on Earth. Is it true?
The kingdom shuns measuring Gross National Product in favour of Gross National Happiness, yet not all is copacetic
Travel to countries that flout human rights carries ethical issues
It also offers the opportunity to ask questions, learn, hold governments to account and put money into local hands
Rwanda, healing from genocide, is now an African success story
About 800,000 perished in 100 horrifying days in 1994, but a system of traditional restorative justice has helped bring the nation back
Internet access is so easy now that it’s hard to be unplugged
Even the most remote places in the world are still connected, says travel writer Tim Johnson, and finding a retreat is rare
The Koreas, on the most complicated peninsula in the world, remain at war
Like yin and yang, whatever the North does, the South does the opposite, to the max -- and vice versa
The Salvadoran civil war has left citizens searching for peace
People are trying to move on 20 years after a brutal civil war tore communities apart
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