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Close to a year after the world’s largest rhino translocation took place, near-threatened white rhinos are in good health and having calves in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. Plus: Retreats in Africa that offer the chance to see—and support—rhinos during your stay.

One traveler returns to Laos.

At a working cattle ranch in Northern Patagonia, visitors can ride horseback, eat traditional Argentine asado, and yes, stay the night.

Staircase inside of the second floor of the Erawan Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The Erawan Museum is located in Samut Prakan Province (on the outskirts of Bangkok) and was built by Lek Viriyaphant, an eccentric Thai millionaire who was also responsible for the construction of The Ancient City (also in Samut Prakan) and the Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya. The building is a syncretic blend of traditional Thai and European architecture and design elements and is incredibly psychedelic--it’s like a church dedicated to the worship of one man’s subconscious. The museum’s three separate floors symbolize the universe and are designed in accordance with the three-tiered cosmology of the Hindu-Thai Buddhist concept of Tribhumi. The structure is topped by a massive 20-meter high statue of a three-headed elephant outside and many Thais come to worship on the grounds of the museum as they view the building as one of the most revered objects in the province. Not to be missed.

This weekend we decided to get out of Nairobi and roped in a couple of our mates to drive north on Saturday morning to the Ngare Ndare Forest: nearly 14,000 acres of dense leafy forest between Mount Kenya, to the south, and Borana and Lewa conservancies to the north. The big draw? We were going to camp on a tree platform high up between the branches. It’s a seriously cool spot to spend the night. Suspended about 7 metres in the air and leading to a tree canopy walk: a rickety wire bridge leading several hundred metres through the trees. We set up our tents and then the camp fire at ground level in a little nook under a huge tree. I put some candles in glass jars in crevices in the tree and hung others from branches. Very midsummer-nights-dreamy. After dinner we took to the canopy walk and edged our way along in the darkness, the shrieks and howls of the forest all around. After a short while, the tree cover gave way and the whole universe of starry sky lay ahead. We lay on the wire bridge, suspended in mid-air, and gazed at the sky in awe.

Phuket has two stores named Ban Boran. This shop, on Yaowarat Road, is textile heaven (the other, which sells antiques, is also worth a visit). Inside are shelves and racks overflowing with colorful silk and cotton fabrics, many made by the artisans of Thailand’s hill tribes. Silk shirts and embroidered bags are easy souvenirs to carry home.

Find safari trucks a bit too tame? Want a more exhilarating way to witness Kenya’s amazing wildlife? You’ll want to give paragliding at Borana Lodge a go then. Located in northern Kenya, registered tandem-paraglider Hunter Marrian will get you all kitted out at the lodge and then, weather depending, whisk you off a mountain top to watch Kenya billow out below whilst you glide along in the skies.