Saba Khonsari is a freelance writer based in Houston, Texas, where she often writes about travel & outdoors. Her stories and photographs focusing on state parks and other hidden Texas gems also appear in Texas Monthly, Texas Highways, Thrillist, and Fodor’s Travel. Her travels have taken her everywhere from her father’s hometown of Shiraz, Iran, to Kigali, Rwanda, where she lived for a year teaching high school. Though it was thrilling to walk among the architectural ruins of Persepolis and hike to see mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park, she is a strong believer that beauty and adventure are everywhere and prefers to highlight her local travels and latest discoveries.