The boat flies across the azure water, and above me, green mountains rise. The sun skips across the water like stones thrown by an unseen hand. Behind me, the driver’s practiced touch guides the little speedboat towards our destination. He doesn’t chat, seeming to believe that the Pacific Ocean surrounding us speaks for itself. I(…)
Yucatan, Mexico – that bit of Mexico that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico. Famous for its Caribbean climate, the Mayan ruins of Chichen-Itza, the soulless sands of Cancun, and the geological phenomena of Cenotes—beautiful freshwater-filled limestone sink holes, found in the impact zone of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. But little(…)
I’ve always believed in something more, something that gives meaning to life. I have my own beliefs, but one thing I love to do is to expose myself to other ways of thinking. I have spent hours talking with Christians in East Africa, Muslims in North Africa and Atheists in North America, but none of(…)
