Kristy Alpert is an award-winning travel journalist whose quest for adventure has included trekking through the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and taking part in the "polar plunge" in Antarctica. See more of her writing in Men's Health, Cosmopolitan, Food & Wine, AFAR, Esquire, Fodor's Travel, Global Traveler, Better Homes and Gardens, or find out where she's off to next at www.kristyalpert.com and on Instagram (@kristyalpert).
