Poetry Corner

The clouds above us join and separate, The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns. Life is like that, so why not relax? Who can stop us from celebrating? ~Lu Yu What a great way to think about life. Forces like the weather continue no matter what we do, so why not just enjoy ourselves?! […]

12/28 Destination: Telluride, Colorado, USA

The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. The first gold mining claim was made in the mountains above Telluride in 1875 and early settlement of what is now Telluride followed.

Diana Nyad TED Talk

Recently Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage. Back in 2011, when she filmed this TED Talk, she had no idea that she would ever complete her goal. It is fascinating to hear someone as driven as her talk about failing, especially now […]

In Baños, Ecuador there is a spectacular 60km down hill bike ride where you pass over 20 mammoth waterfalls