Travel

The sky was bright and restless, a royal blue canopy unfurled between the horizons like a vast imperial banner. Dedicated to the deified sun at its midday zenith – an aspect of solar energy...

A Tico – that is, a native Costa Rican – may mean one of several things when he utters the words pura vida. He may be extending a greeting, expressing gratitude, articulating approval or...

We’re standing to attention, our nerves tingling – Jennifer, Mark, Maria and I – as we await the next command. Our drill instructor, Angel, paces the floor in combat fatigues, eyeing us ferociously. “In to...

The tropical forest is a place of endless transformations, I realised, watching a blue butterfly tangled in a spider’s web. Life springs from death, and everything devours everything else. Eight hours of hiking in such...