At the Houston airport last summer my flight, like any other flight that day was delayed due to a lightning storm. I grabbed a juice and looked for the most secluded spot I could find. I found success at the terminal landing a nice solitary corner only to hear the announcer another flight has been […]
Categories: community, Conservation, Culture, El Medio Ambiente, Endangered Species, Environment
Bosawas Natural Reserve іn Nicaragua was declared а biosphere bу UNESCO іn 1997. This is the largest protected reserve іn аll оf Central America. At over 20,000 km² (1.8 million acres) in size, almost half the size of El Salvador, the reserve comprises about 14% of the nation’s total land area making it the second […]
Categories: community, Environment, Ideas, Planet Earth
I am not an expert on natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Myself, I have lived through three of them though which in itself is an anomaly. When I engage in a conversation with friends at a bbq, party, or colleagues at work, I ultimately end up on a subject that seems to always ended up crushing […]
“La base de toda la música en Senegal es tradicional”, dice Baaba Maal, uno de los mejores artistas musicales contemporáneos en África; y la música tradicional senegalesa puede ser la fundación de muсhos de los sub-generos del mundo occidental. Lee este articulo en Ingles. Aficionados de country blues, calypso, reggae y rap, aunque no lo […]
Categories: Beaches, La Playa, National Parks, Oceans, Sand, Travel
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage. It represent a coastal region of stretching 243 kilometres (151 mi) along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world’s […]
Categories: community, Conservation, Culture, National Parks, Outdoors, Travel
First off, history: The word Haida means simple “people” -people of the islands. This was a small nation unto itself, protected by forbidden seas, making them geographically aloof, sea buttressed and distinctive. In 1787 the islands were surveyed by Captain George Dixon. They were named the Queen Charlotte Islands by Captain Dixon after one of […]
Modern tourism does not promise transformation but rather the possibility of leaving home and coming back without any significant change or challenge. Tourists may enjoy the visit only because it is short. The memory of it, the retelling, will always be better. Whereas travel is about the unexpected, about giving oneself over to disorientation, tourism […]
Categories: Cities, Environment, Ideas, Travel
With urban cities not having enough street space for setting up proper bike storage infrastructure, the problem of overcrowding and illegal parking can cause potential hazards for emergency situations and general pedestrian navigation. in japan, an earthquake-resistant underground bike parking system has been developed by giken to help resolve the issue, approaching the situation through […]
No long ago I wrote a song about a few places that needed a voice of awareness to help recognize the beauty being destroy by man’s development wrath. Writen from what a local would say if facing a foreign corporation raping the local’s land.. ” I don’t want to see ”…..” in my land anymore.. […]
