Melanie Haiken
Contributor
Melanie Haiken is a travel writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area who contributes regularly to <em>TPG</em> and whose stories have also appeared in National Geographic, BBC, <em>AFAR</em>, CNN, <em>Sierra</em>, <i>AARP, </i>and many other magazines. She loves to hike, eat and snorkel her way around the world, preferably with her daughters, her dogs, or all four, and documents her adventures at <a href="http://www.health-conscious-travel.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Health-Conscious-Travel.com</a>.