The Middle East may be the next great hiking destination
The Red Sea Mountain Trail is mainland Egypt’s first long-distance trail, opening to outsiders an area that few travelers have explored in recent decades.
Vermont writer Jen Rose Smith covers adventure and wild places from a home base in the Green Mountains. Her travel writing has appeared in the Washington Post, National Geographic Travel, CNN Travel, American Way, Nexos, Condé Nast Traveler, Backpacker, AFAR, Rolling Stone, USA Today, and Outside Online. Jen is also the author of six travel guidebooks to Vermont and New England, including the award-winning New England Road Trips.
For CNN, Jen reports on issues of health, education, and childcare.