Yucatan

YUCATAN Diving (scuba) the eastern Yucatan Coast from Cancun to Tulum offers some great adventures. Seeing the oddities along this stretch of the world is also interesting (here’s a two headed turtle at Xel-Ha). But… exploring the Cenotes, the fresh water caverns of...

The South Seas

The South Seas One year we wandered around the south seas for two months, a completely unforgettable experience. Here’s some ‘thumbnails’ of that excursion, more later. Truk Lagoon, Micronesia On December 7th, 1941, 353 planes took off from the flight decks of 6...

Europe

EUROPE CHAMONIX AND MT. BLANC Mt. Blanc, SE Face. Chamonix, France has long been famous for some of the best skiing in Europe, as well as for being a mecca for alpine mountaineers. It is the European playground for almost all types of outdoor extreme sports like...

Saba

SABA Saba is one of several islands making up the island ‘country’ of the Netherlands Antilles. It is roughly 20 miles south of St. Maarten, which is about 175 miles east of Puerto Rico. It is a unique 5 square mile island of volcanic origin and therefore rises...

Mexico

THE MEXICAN VOLCANOS ORIZABA Pico de Orizaba (Mountain of the Star) is the highest peak in Mexico at 18,409′, and it’s the third highest mountain on the North American Continent, following Mt. McKinley (Denali) and Mt. Logan. It’s one of three big volcanos within...

Mallorca

MALLORCA * * SITUATED OFF THE EAST COAST OF SPAIN LIES A CLIMBING ADVENTURELAND * * Largest of the Balearic Island group, Mallorca’s geological relief is both surprising and exciting. Mostly limestone, it ranges from sea cliffs and caves to deep canyons, walls...