Erik Trinidad

On a recent trip to the French Alps, I tried my hand at equestrian skijoring, which is essentially a horse pulling you on cross-country skis. My spotted puller, Mika, playfully ran with other horses from Le Ranch du Lac, just outside the resort town of Les Gets in the mountainous region of southeastern France that has hosted the Winter Olympics three times–including the very first cold-weather Games, held in Chamonix in 1924, with Grenoble following suit in 1968 and Albertville in 1992...

When Dian Fossey arrived in Rwanda, there’s no way she could have known that her landmark conservation work to save the mountain gorilla would help revive interest in a place that later had become synonymous with genocide...

Many new to the world of dogsledding opt for a leisurely ride in a sled while a musher leads them across the snowy landscape with some help from a team of tireless canines.

Traditional Macanese comfort foods like feijoada and minchi are reminders of a simpler time in Macau’s history, before international flights brought high rollers to the peninsula and high-speed ferries attracted travelers from nearby Hong Kong in droves. Here’s where to find them.

I’ve been snowboarding for 17 years, but am a complete novice when it comes to skiing—just above the beginner’s ski school lesson of forming a “pizza wedge” to slow down, and straightening out to “French fries” to accelerate. Unfortunately for me, my snowboard boots were in baggage limbo along with the rest of my luggage and…

It’s hardly controversial to say that one of the biggest draws of traveling to sub-Saharan Africa is the prospect of seeing wildlife. But, if you’ve ever been on a traditional safari, you know they can involve a lot of sitting around in an off-road vehicle, waiting for animals to reveal themselves. During the longer stretches, I often find myself…

Most travelers visit the Netherlands in spring, when the country's famed tulips are in bloom. But there are plenty of things to do in the western European nation any time of year—even during the bleakest days of winter. Here are five....

The spicy broth steamed up my glasses as I pulled the long, golden noodles from the bowl of prawn mee in front of me. If that chili-infused dish didn’t satisfy my hunger, the bowl of savory fish ball soup next to it would, or even the shu mai dumplings next to that...

I’m not sure quite what I was expecting when I arrived at the National Mask Festival in Papua New Guinea...

If you’re looking for an excuse to celebrate the next time you’re traveling in Europe, make sure to time your visit with your name day.

Erik Trinidad of The Global Trip has traveled to dozens of countries around the world, but he’s been proud call Brooklyn home for the past five years. Check out a few of his favorite things about New York City’s most populous borough...

I found myself in the Canadian countryside for the first time, poised to have a deeper, more authentic Québécois experience in the French-speaking Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. Don't worry if you don't speak French; a love of nature seems to be a universal language there....