Erin Craig is a writer and chronic foreigner. She’s usually found in Asia – scuba diving in Thailand, riding the rails across Vietnam, and studying throat singing in Mongolia. Her latest adventure involves a one-way ticket to South Korea, where she hopes to solve the mystery behind the nation’s bizarrely sublime fried chicken (a project currently deep in the research stage).
Erin has written for such international publications as National Geographic Traveler, the BBC, Qantas Spirit of Australia, and Ms. Magazine. Her article on visiting the Tsaatan reindeer herders of Mongolia is included in National Geographic’s book Epic Journeys: 245 Life-changing Adventures, and her piece on Genghis Khan’s missing tomb was highlighted as one of BBC Travel’s ‘Best of 2017.’
Contact her at erinmariecraig@gmail.com.
Selected clips:
Atlas Obscura
The Bloody Past of Korea’s ‘Honeymoon Island’
The BBC
Gochujang: the trendy Korean staple that burns
The country trying to make all its people happier
In South Korea, age is measured in bowls of soup
Mongolia’s obsession with pine nuts
Mongolian teenage girl grapples for a future in sumo
Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found
The trees keeping Vietnam afloat
A city with too much history to handle
The last place you’d want to panic (video collaborator/subject)
An uncharted underground world
The end of the famous Bamboo Train?
A free meal with South Korea’s monks
Get Lost Magazine
Korean Confection - issue 47
Jetstar Magazine
Misadventures
Controversial/Universal: How roller derby conquered the world
- Summer 2017 issue
Morning Calm (Korean Air)
The Metro Museum of Art - March 2017 issue
Ms. Magazine
Taking the Wheel - Summer 2016 issue
National Geographic Traveler
Once Upon a Time in Mongolia - October 2018 issue
(republished on the Nat Geo website as Where reindeer roam)
Saveur.com
What’s a Taiwanese taco shop doing in Da Nang, and why is the food so good?
The South China Morning Post
Vietnam’s Reunification Express celebrates a double anniversary and keeps getting better with age
Qantas Spirit of Australia
Touch… the heat of Ho Chi Minh City
Roads & Kingdoms