In Toronto new always meets old! After finishing a day of work in Toronto I ran out to a barber shop for a quick trim. The barber was from Libya,…

For there are strange things done in the midnight sun, By the men who moil for gold… —Robert Service (The Bard of the Yukon) Seattle’s Space Needle Located at 319…

Volcanoes have been a distinct theme during my recent travels. When I saw Crater Lake National Park on my current itinerary I was of course happy, but perhaps not enthused after…

Photos by Graham Twomey – grahamtwomey.com As I travel through the Americas and Beyond, I often answer the same questions about my home. As with all places I try as…

Among all of the countries of Central America, Guatemala is the most populated, most diverse and culturally the richest. I have returned to the Mayan heartland many times and, in…

The Nicaraguan flag (as one could guess) It has been several years since I was last in Nicaragua and, like many academics of my generation, Nicaragua has always been more…

“Why study plate tectonics, when you can simply live in Chile!” —My own quote … should be famous 🙂 Once again a Chilean volcano has let free the mantle’s fury.…

“the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor and there’s a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong” —Leonard Cohen, Tower of Song I have…

It has turned out to be an adventure, but not perhaps the jungle trek or island hopping adventure I had hope for. After exploring the region as best I could,…