Sydney’s Chippendale district is lately the place to be, with the city’s buzziest restaurants and a hip new hotel. Read more in the June issue of Conde Nast Traveler.
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Sydney’s Chippendale district is booming, with a spate of hip new restaurants and a shiny new hotel — I reported on it in the June issue of Conde Nast Traveler…
If you’re headed to Cape Town, do yourself a favor and don’t buy the first kitschy beaded rhino you spy on a market stall. I rounded up a few of the city’s best local souvenir options for Condé Nast Traveler.
If you ask me what my favorite place in all of South Africa is, I’ll answer without hesitation: Babylonstoren, a gorgeous farm resort in the Cape Winelands. I did a nice little feature on it for Bon Appetit’s travel issue.
I wrote about the opening of the Four Seasons Westcliff hotel in Johannesburg for the April issue of Robb Report – my first piece for the luxury bible. Sadly they…
No matter your taste, there’s always a chic place to stay in Cape Town. I contributed to this feature on five stylish hotels for Condé Nast Traveller UK.
Two new stories in India this month. I’m part of Vogue India’s mega travel package in the April issue, with a piece on surfing in Buzios. And the brand-new Miss…
No matter your taste, there’s always a chic place to stay in Cape Town. I contributed to this feature on five stylish hotels for Condé Nast Traveller UK.
Istanbul’s Karakoy district is seeing quite a boom, with the city’s most stylish coffee shops, boutiques, and restaurants exploding onto the scene. Read all about it in this month’s WSJ magazine.
Awards & Books
Awards
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2021: Honorable mention for the Grand Award, Travel Journalist of the Year
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2021: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Zanzibar in the Rain,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2020: Bronze in Short Work on Travel for “Raise the Roof,” Condé Nast Traveler
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2019: Outstanding Arts, Culture, and Lifestyle Reporting about South Asia for “Force of Nature,” Surface magazine
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Gold award in US/Canada Travel for “A Muslim American’s Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Bronze in Service-Oriented Consumer Work for “My Town,” Virtuoso Life
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2017: Gold in Culinary-Related Travel for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2017: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- North American Travel Journalists Association Awards, 2016: Two Silver awards in Destination Travel and Adventure Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2016: Gold in Foreign Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2015: Gold in Personal Comment for “Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces,” New York Times
- Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, 2013: Silver in Most Unforgettable Character for “Spitting Distance in Jodhpur,” Wall Street Journal
Books
- New York Times Cultured Traveler: Contributed a feature on Bosnia & Herzegovina to this upcoming anthology
- Best American Travel Writing 2021: “City of Saints” from Travel + Leisure was selected for the 2021 edition of this anthology, edited by Padma Lakshmi and Jason Wilson
- New York Times 36 Hours World: 150 Cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich: Contributed 36 Hours guides to Johannesburg and Mumbai for this anthology
- My Life Abroad: A Selection of Expat Stories: Contributed to this compilation of expat stories from around the globe, recounting my experience as an American in South Africa, in the chapter “From New York City to Cape Town.”
- The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35: Contributed my essay “When Coconuts Attack” to this travel anthology.