UNESCO World Heritage Sites offer visitors insight into places of natural or cultural importance that hold “outstanding universal value,” as stated in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Out of Keep Reading
Las Bolas, the Stone Spheres in Costa Rica at Finca 6
[Updated 11/25/2019] By the beginning of 2014, science had found the Higgs boson (a.k.a. "the God particle), put a rover on Mars, and created a robotic hand that allows amputees to actually feel Keep Reading
Top 15 Things to Do in Antigua, Guatemala
Having thoroughly enjoyed our time exploring Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama, taking a Guatemala vacation was high on our bucket list. So when Juan Rivera of Beast Wildlife Adventures of K'uk Keep Reading
Weekend in Prague: The Best Things To Do in Prague in 3 Days
[Updated 11/22/19] We normally don't like cities much. They're generally crowded by overtourism, congested with traffic, and homogenized by the rise of globalization. To get the feel of the soul of Keep Reading
The 40 Best Martin Luther King Jr Day Quotes (Other Than “I Have A Dream”)
Growing up in Atlanta in the '70s, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. was virtually inescapable. Assassinated two months before I was born, Dr. King had gone to Booker T. Washington High Keep Reading
The History & Names for Santa Claus Around The World (with 50 fun facts!)
[Updated 10-19-2019] Like most kids who grew up in the US, I became fascinated with Santa Claus from a very early age. From his fuzzy red suit and his long white hair and beard to the reindeer who Keep Reading
75 Christmas Traditions Around the World (with Fun Christmas Facts)
[Updated 12-2-2019] It’s no secret among friends and family that we’re nuts for Christmas traditions, decorating our house from wall to wall and immersing ourselves in local holiday Keep Reading
Exploring the Ancient Xunantunich Mayan Ruins of Belize
There is a private ritual I have– sacred and, until now, unspoken– that helps me connect with ancient archaeological sites such as the Xunantunich Mayan ruins in Belize on a more personal (rather than Keep Reading
Hawaiian Mythology (intro to Hawaiian Gods, Goddesses and Legends)
Author Joseph Campbell once said, “Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation.” There are few places in the modern Keep Reading
The 16 Best Mayan Ruins to Explore
Having spent several years working on permaculture gardening projects in Latin America, I've had the pleasure of visiting many of the region's best Mayan ruins. It's amazing when you consider the fact Keep Reading
Treme, New Orleans (How Congo Square Was The Birthplace of American Culture)
Congo Square is quiet now. Traffic forms a dull drone in the distance. A lone percussionist taps out ancient tribal rhythms on a two-headed hand drum. An air compressor used in Rampart Street road Keep Reading
Kigali Genocide Memorial: Rwanda History, From Colonialism to Genocide
My heart aches. I feel as if I cannot breathe. I'm halfway through a tour of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, which opened in 2004 on the site where 250,000 victims of the Rwanda genocide Keep Reading
Our Epic Fjords of Norway Road Trip
Summarizing a road trip through the Fjords of Norway is a slippery slope of clichéd superlatives. "Jaw-dropping," "awe inspiring, and "mindblowing" are the first adjectives come to mind. But the Keep Reading
Scuba Diving the Belize Barrier Reef
The Belize Barrier Reef may not have the worldwide recognition of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. But the UNESCO World Heritage Site stretches over 190 miles, comprising more than a third of the Keep Reading
The History of Chocolate: How Chocolate is Made
There is something magical about chocolate. Nearly all of us grow up adoring it, and we continue to adore it as adults. In fact, our love for chocolate generally only strengthens with time. Oddly, Keep Reading
The Chicken Bus (Guatemala’s Unusual Mode of Transport)
The shouts come from all angles, along just about every street in Guatemala. They're accompanied by the scream of exhausted air brakes, the growl of engines far past their prime, the boom of exhaust Keep Reading
