Hi Tack Tourism: Strolling Around Fisherman’s Wharf

Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under California, Costa Rica, Culture, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment

 

“Oriental Art” Store

 
During a conference this weekend at San Francisco’s Fishermen’s Wharf, I took a stroll to get some fresh air and descended down the rabbit hole of tee shirt shops and tacky tourism. I have lived in or near San Francisco most of my life and never go to Fishermen’s Wharf…for good reason. Except [...]

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Global Warming Endangers Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest

Posted on July 26, 2006 - Filed Under Video, Costa Rica, Sustainable Tourism | Leave a Comment

When you travel, you both take them and leave them. I think about this as I sit on my deck at home scraping Costa Rican mud off of my boots. Who knows what is in this stuff: maybe anteater scat, or some seeds dropped from the bill of a three-wattled bellbird that will plant themselves [...]

 
icon for podpress  Global Warming Endangers Costa Rica's Mondverde Cloud Forest [4:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 
icon for podpress  Global Warming Endangers Costa Rica's Mondverde Cloud Forest: Play Now | Play in Popup
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