Like countless other divers, my first international warm-water scuba trip was to Cozumel, Mexico. In 1961, well-known underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau spent some time in Cozumel and fell in love with Palancar Reef, putting Cozumel on the map as the place to dive. The Mexican Island of Cozumel is only
We ventured south to explore our neighbor in Jalisco, Mexico, with eyes wide open.
I’m 9,350 feet above sea level, surrounded by the Andes Mountains, and in a country at the center of the world, on the equator. Ecuador spans approximately 109,000 square miles, roughly the size of Nevada. The small country with an outsized contribution to astronomy, cartography, and evolutionary science, ranks as
Kick Field Goals and Sing Your College Fight Song on a Road Trip Pit Stop in Atlanta While the global pandemic may have slowed international travel, Americans willingness to jump in the car and take on the time-honored tradition of a road trip, is higher than ever before. In fact, researchers at the University of Illinois
Whoosh! Like most accidents, it happened in a nanosecond. Call it vanity if you like. Or just bad luck. Regardless of what inspired me to stand on a chair in a Hội An hotel room, here’s what led up to that fateful evening. In early January, about a month before
After a colder than usual winter for most of the U.S., spring is finally here and it’s time to leave our dens of hibernation and head outdoors. For a new type of playground, consider the Lake ErieIslands of Ohio.
Isolated off the coast of Cape Cod, shades of yellow blanket a small island 36 miles out to sea. More than three million Narcissuses have been planted throughout the 48 square miles of what many consider to be one of the most beautiful islands in North America. The annual Nantucket
Kauai, lush with foliage, resplendent with waterfalls, and isolated by tumultuous surf, is the oldest island in the Hawaiian chain. It remained undisturbed by the tribal wars that plagued Maui, Oahu, and the Big Island of Hawaii for centuries. The protocols of the 2,000-year-old Polynesian Kapu system were practiced on
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