While in Bolivia I wanted to see the giant ferns in Amboro National Park. I took a bus to Samaipata, just north of Santa Cruz and south of the park. In Samaipata I found Michael Blendinger, a local tour operator, biologist and...
The Association of Mountain Guides in Bolivia is a co-operative that employs about 100 guides who take turns leading foreigners to hiking and climbing spots in the Andean Mountains. Their office is located just off the plaza...
I was researching information for a guidebook on Belize with my husband John and my friend Joy. John is the nervous type who gets sick for protection while Joy will do anything on the travel trail and doesn’t have a nervous...
An intimate description of the natural history of Glacier Lake and the Cirque of the Unclimbables, in the words of scientists who were among the area's first pioneers.
Forward by Dr David Raup who was one of the first to...
The area demanded a third edition of the book, telling travellers how to get hot water or what the diamond in the center of a building signifies. Since the third edition, the book has stepped aside for the more widely...
Heeding the call of the South Nahanni River, John and Vivien mounted four expeditions — by bicycle, foot, and the occasional crew-cab pickup — into the glorious, treacherous terrain that surrounds this spectacular waterway and...
