There is no lake in the world quite the color of Oeschinen Lake (Oeshinensee in German), I’m sure of it. I don’t even know what color to call it, because to say ‘blue’ wouldn’t be getting it right. When you think about how many things in nature are ‘blue’, it seems we’ve failed to come […]
A Guide to Incredible Lavertezzo, Switzerland
It felt like standing in the Mediterranean sun that day, atop a rock, ready to jump into the clearest water I had ever seen. I thought that photos of Lavertezzo were highly edited, then I saw it for myself and realized that no, this is probably some of the clearest, cleanest water on earth. In […]
Mount Bromo in Java Without a Tour
Mount Bromo is probably Indonesia’s most famous volcano. It sits at the Eastern end of Java between Surabaya and Yogyakarta and is quite often lumped in as part of a tour heading out of one of those two cities. This typically involves taking a private van with a few other tourists and staying in accommodation […]
Murals that Tell a Story of Climate Change in Churchill, Manitoba
Churchill, Manitoba is known as the ‘Polar bear capital of the world’. It’s also home to roughly 800 people who, due to recent extreme weather and flooding, have been left more or less stranded and forgotten. Every winter, hundreds of polar bears gather and wait for the ice to form over Hudson Bay. However, due […]
Whale Watching and Polar Bear Encounters in Canada
I felt the kayak rocking beneath me and glanced down. A playful, grinning white face looked back up at me, her head cocked to the side as only Belugas (and Narwhals) can do. We checked each other out, she whistling and me squealing in delight, equally curious about the other creature we were seeing. I […]