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10 Tips for Gifting a Surprise Trip
Undoubtedly, the upcoming holidays are going to look a lot different this year. The coronavirus will keep us at home, and any sort of gathering will be mostly virtual. By now, we should be
Read More »Botswana’s Changing Lands: Elephants Not to Blame
The African nation of Botswana is believed to have the world’s largest population of wild elephants. While the exact number is hard to pinpoint, estimates are that there are between 118,000 to 130,000. While those
Read More »Memorable Travels, Where Part of You Remains
On a windy, cold, late October afternoon, I walked the streets of the little, sub-Arctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, alone. I had just arrived there by plane, and I had a bit of
Read More »Three Laws I’d Enact If I Ruled the World
With the presidential election coming up next week, I can’t help but think about the future of our world—mostly the next four years—and what it will look like. There are so many things that
Read More »Our Needs to Walk and to Talk Are Satisfied by Travel
The human body was designed to walk. In fact, humans walk better than any other species on Earth. And very few things in our lives boost health, instill creativity and relieve stress more than taking
Read More »Video: Nature’s Force in Full View at Victoria Falls
Nature is powerful. It exists by the rules that it alone sets, and it progresses on its own trajectory. Its force is far stronger than we are. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly shown us
Read More »The Worth of a Whale and the Price Tag of a Panda
In prepandemic times, those of us who cherish wildlife and wild places tried to quantify them in economic terms, hoping to convince those who didn’t care about protecting nature that not doing so would
Read More »Greenland and the Culture of the Kayak
The first time I heard the expression “Eskimo roll,” I was standing on the deck of the M/V Sea Spirit, a small, polar-adapted, expedition ship that was my home for two weeks as I
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