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Earth Hour 2009

Post published:March 25, 2009

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability…

Crane Cam 2009

Post published:March 7, 2009

From late February to early April each year, the Platte River Valley of south-central Nebraska is a stopover point for the largest crane gathering in the world. A half…

Costa Rica Named Biogem By Wildlife Council

Post published:February 28, 2009

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an organization dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places, named Costa Rica as the first whole country to receive its Natural Biogem Award. Chosen…

Belize Luxury Safari

Post published:February 18, 2009

For most people, the word “safari” conjures images of stalking Africa’s Big Five in an open air Land Cruiser. And for good reason: safaris have their origins in eastern Africa. …

Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: Romance in the Tropics

Post published:February 13, 2009

Beach in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica In honor of Valentine’s Day this week, Travel and Leisure posted their Top 20 List of Waterfront Romantic Getaways. Reefs to Rockies agrees…

Happy Bicentennial Abe and Chuck!

Post published:February 12, 2009

Born on the same day 200 years ago, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln changed the world forever. We can’t say that Darwin invented the notion of evolution any more than…

Myriad of Monarchs

Post published:February 6, 2009

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ces82gGH_lM] As I’m sitting down to write this, millions and millions of monarchs are congregated in the oyamel forests on several mountaintops in central Mexico. The monarchs began arriving in…

Mercado de Dulces: Morelia, Mexico

Post published:January 10, 2009

One of the things you may notice while traveling through Mexico is that the locals love their sweets. The prominence of dulcerias (candy stores) and heladerias (ice cream parlors) is…

Teotihuacan, Mexico

Post published:January 4, 2009

Just 40 km northeast of Mexico City lies the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, the largest pre-Hispanic city in the western hemisphere. The city was inhabited from 100 BC to 700 AD and…