Socotra, Yemen is an island of impossible natural beauty, kind people and timeless travel moments.

The Suwgra, Oman is a unique boutique hotel high in the Jebel Akhdar (mountains). This hotel was an inhabited cliff village for 500 years before being turned into a hotel in 2016.

I had the opportunity to go to the Bowdoin Kent Island Scientific Station in New Brunswick Canada as an Artist in Residence. I was a Bowdoin College student years ago, but didn’t have the opportunity to visit Kent as biology was not my wheelhouse. But the Artist Residency has opened up opportunities for more to experience this magical place.