Living with the Inuit in the Canadian Arctic had its downsides, says the Zimbabwe-born writer. “It was so cold that tears froze my eyelids together. But I will never forget the dog sleds, being holed up in igloos and stuck in frozen kayaks.” In this issue she recounts a more relaxed but no less eventful trip to Chengdu in China, panda central and home to a new St. Regis hotel.
