I'm probably late to this party by now, but so was most of the world, it seems. For the past three weeks, over 2,500 different fires have been destroying large areas of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. According to this link, which answers a lot of questions about this story, wildfires are to be … Continue reading Extreme Wildfires Ravage Amazon Rain Forest for Third Straight Week
The closer we came into contact with the sea and what had its home there, the less strange it became and the more at home we ourselves felt. And we learned to respect the old primitive peoples who lived in close converse with the Pacific and therefore knew it from a quite different standpoint from … Continue reading Travel Book of the Month: Kon-Tiki
I like to think of this article as a companion post to Essential Travel Gear. This is a list of "Advanced" Travel Gear, if you will. While items such as a good travel backpack or packing cubes will get you started, eventually you might want to get some other equipment. This list includes things that … Continue reading 12 Must-Have Travel Items
In the 10th straight week of protests, Hong Kong International Airport has canceled all flights in and out. Protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets following a controversial bill that would extradite those convicted of crimes in Hong Kong to China. Hong Kong is an autonomous special administrative region of China, and has had … Continue reading Hong Kong Cancels All Flights Amid Clashes Between Protesters and Police
Reading Time: 9 minutes All the time that I had been enjoying Mexico City, I was also looking forward to a little trip-within-a-trip: Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is an archaeological site about an hour northeast of Mexico City. It was its own civilization, distinct from the Aztec or Mayan cultures, and would have been possibly the largest … Continue reading Exploring Teotihuacan
Reading Time: 10 minutes Day 3 Okay, let's get the bad out of the way first: they got me. I was standing in a crowd of people getting ready to board the subway at Pino Suarez station. As soon as the doors opened, there was a big surge of people, pushing and jockeying for a … Continue reading Mexico City, Part II
One of the most memorable moments I've had travelling cost nothing but the gumption to walk into the square that night. Tom Hall, The Best Things in Life Are Free Author: The Lonely Planet Team Published: 2016 Geographic Area: Worldwide Original Language: English The above quote comes from an experience one of the authors had … Continue reading Travel Book of the Week: The Best Things in Life Are Free
