Last week I crossed two new Florida State Parks off my list: Eden Gardens and Deer Lake. The two were vastly different; the first consisting of the gorgeous grounds of a historic house, including azalea and camellia gardens; the second … Continue reading Visiting all 174 Florida State Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites
Chances are, if you have traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, you plan on seeing at least one temple, probably a few. Since there are approximately eight kajillion temples, you will have to make some choices. Unless, of course, you are … Continue reading Honest Temple Guide to Cambodia
by Emily Ulrich I never found snow or ice interesting back home in Connecticut, I guess a sort of an enactment of the law of diminishing returns: the more I saw of it, the less appeal it had. It was … Continue reading The Intricacies of Ice Storms
It is the beginning of March, and already, bird song has noticeably increased in the mornings, spring peepers are calling in the evening, and trees are beginning to bud. Lately North Carolina has been the stage for a dance between winter … Continue reading Winter’s End at Morrow Mountain State Park
The trail looked much like many of the hiking trails I had tread upon within the Florida Panhandle. The path was sandy in some places, and relatively narrow. The towering pines had dropped their long needles into the trees and … Continue reading Hiking the Florida National Scenic Trail
by Irina Lut London is a big, busy city and I relish the times when I get to escape the madness. Last weekend, I visited a friend who lives outside the city and we went on a hike with her … Continue reading Light Shows of London
by Nina Oberg, a student at Boston College currently studying abroad on the Galápagos Islands. A short hike away from La Loberia on San Cristobal in the Galápagos Islands, you can find a small cove teeming with life. Surfing around … Continue reading Wildlife on the Galápagos Islands
My parents had an agreement while I was growing up: if my dad were to go on a business trip and miss Valentine’s Day or my mom’s birthday, we were getting a dog. My dad was an obsessive compulsive cleaner … Continue reading Valentine’s Day in Rome
Last summer, our river boat captain – Chicki, from the Machiguenga people in Peru – was telling me about a couple of fossils he’d found a bit farther down the river but could not remember what he had done with … Continue reading New Horizons in Peru
I was drawn outside twice last Friday; which was odd, given the fact that it was a roaring blizzard. Once was at lunch, as I watched the heavy flakes line the branches outside my office. I wanted to see the … Continue reading Blizzard Lexi Blows through Boston
by Martin Ramirez As a kid my dad used to tell me that predicting the weather in Bogota was easy. “If the mountains were full of clouds it was because it was going to rain… If the mountains were not … Continue reading Bogotá and the Weather
Remarkably, the past few days have seen daily high temperatures in the 60 to 70 F range. Under the full sun, I repeatedly felt shocked to find patches of snow in the shaded corners of buildings around my neighborhood. Yet, just over … Continue reading Fast and Flurry-ous: a Brief Visit from Winter
One World, Two Feet 