On Buoyancy
The boat jumped for a few meters, becoming airborne as soon as a hollow space appeared between the many waves rolling by. We held our lifejackets tighter and let our bones be rattled. Looking...
The Villages Around Lake Atitlán
We were coming from San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, through a winding road riddled with steep cliffs and pale clouds. Following hours of sidestepping fallen rocks and careening chicken buses, we entered the...
Zip-lines and Butterflies at Atitlán Nature Reserve
In our travels, our thrills and chills moments usually revolve around tempestuous seas and random encounters with wild creatures throughout our extraordinary world. But there comes a time when we must take adventure into...
Serendipitous Journeys in Sri Lanka
Any story about the Pearl of the Indian Ocean is bound to mention its etymology: the island was called Taprobane by the Greeks, Serendib by the Arabs, Ceilão by the Portuguese, later modified to...
Maya Traditions Medicine Garden
In the ancient Maya world, sickness was commonly deemed a direct consequence of a god’s judgmental eye. Since having one’s soul captured by a supreme being calls for urgent and robust action, the healing...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,