south americatravel36 views10 minute read The Galápagos Islands: We take a vacation from Natural Selection.Peter Crosby06/12/2012 Want to see how much better the world would be if humans never existed? This is the closest you’ll get. View Post
north americatravel90 views6 minute read Yosemite California: Nature at its most naturiest.Peter Crosby10/08/2011 Famed nature photographer Ansel Adams first gazed upon Yosemite and said, “I’m gonna need a bigger format camera.” View Post
africatravel52 views20 minute read Egypt Africa: The world’s most ancient civilization (and it has the dust to prove it).Peter Crosby12/23/2010 Some of the earliest developments in writing, agriculture, and government happened here first. Why? Aliens, duh. View Post
north americatravel156 views11 minute read Hawaii, The Big Island: Probably not the Hawaii you’re thinking of.Peter Crosby07/07/2010 Our flight took off for the Big Island of Hawaii, but it touched down in the Proterozoic Era. View Post
caribbeannorth americatravel60 views11 minute read San Juan, Puerto Rico: Where so many speak Spanish, you think you’re in California.Peter Crosby05/11/2007 We spent a week in the not-so-exotic — but still technically foreign — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. View Post
europetravel32 views4 minute read Santorini is so stunningly beautiful, it makes Crete look like garbage.Peter Crosby07/06/2006 After showing us Athens, our friends took us to Santorini and Crete just to watch our heads explode. View Post
europetravel49 views4 minute read The Greek island of Crete is as popular with tourists today as it once was with foreign occupiers.Peter Crosby07/04/2006 People liked Crete so much, they never wanted to leave, inspiring entire countries to try and do the same thing. View Post
oceaniatravel56 views11 minute read Bali Indonesia: Newsflash, it’s beautiful.Peter Crosby11/21/2005 What did you expect me to say? I mean, it’s freaking Bali. View Post
blog22 views2 minute read Gilligan finally gets off the island (the hard way).Peter Crosby09/07/2005 Actor, Bob Denver, TV’s “Gilligan,” died this past weekend at the age of 70. I’m not sure what the cause of death was, but I’d wager it was a hilarious… View Post
asiatravel54 views16 minute read Beijing China: San Francisco’s Chinatown doesn’t hold a candle to it.Peter Crosby04/22/2005 I had no idea how many Chinese you could fit in one city. (Hint: a lot.) View Post
asiatravel50 views9 minute read Singapore: It’s like Miami only with a lot more Asians.Peter Crosby10/16/2004 When we said we were going to Singapore, the reaction was unanimous: “Why?” Here’s why. View Post
caribbeantravel43 views6 minute read Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles: It’s French. No, it’s Dutch. No, French…Peter Crosby10/23/2003 It’s Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles on one side, and Saint Martin, French West Indies on the other. Weird, right? View Post