Diving In Dahab – Red Sea Adventures On The Sinai Peninsula
Thou shalt not step on the coral. That must have been the eleventh commandment, lost to the world atop of Mt. Sinai. The nib of land that separates Africa from [...]
North Shore Riding – The Best Mountain Biking Trails In North Vancouver
Mountain biking on Vancouver’s North Shore is like riding in a dream. Epic trails wind through emerald forests with the shimmering Pacific Ocean as a backdrop. The rainforest, as such, [...]
Great White Shark Cage Diving – Fins Up In South Africa
Day breaks over a cloudless sky - we couldn’t have asked for better weather. We had seen Southern Right Whales breaching in Hermanus, and are hoping to see another one [...]
Shark Fishing, Shark Finning, Shark Finished – Saving Jaws
The threats to the planet’s shark populations are many and varied. They remained at the pinnacle of evolution – unchanged for millions of years – until superstitious and wasteful humans [...]
Welcome To The Jungle – Amazon Adventures On The Javari River
The flight from Chiclayo offers stunning views over the Andes and a glimpse into the endless expanse of the Amazon Rainforest. Inaccessible by road, Iquitos is a large city set [...]
Swimming Upstream – Threats To Wild Salmon Of British Columbia And Fraser River
Starting in the Rocky Mountains and winding its way to Vancouver, the Fraser River is the largest producer of Sockeye salmon in the world. It passes through the entire southern [...]
Hold Your Breath – Top Ten La Paz Snorkeling Sites
A quick internet search for La Paz snorkeling will produce pages of excursions offered by local tour operators. But, if you want to hang out at a beach and snorkel [...]
Free And Easy – The Fallacy Of The Free Market
Unicorns, like free markets, don’t exist. In high-school, we learn about Adam Smith’s free-market economy - an “invisible hand” guiding the “reasonable man”. However, upon closer inspection it becomes evident [...]
Something In The Water – Healthy Hydration
Many of us who are privileged enough to live in the developed world take some basic services for granted. Immediate access to clean drinking water is perhaps the most useful [...]
Veganism and Vegetarians – Let Your Conscience Be Your Food Guide
We are not vegans, but we have been eating a plant-based diet for nearly twenty years. Our reasons for this have been based on health and moral concerns. Study after [...]