Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s great natural wonders. It is the largest reef in the world and consists of nearly 3000 individual reefs, 880 islands and hundreds and thousands of different types of plant, bird and marine life. Swimming with the fish and admiring the colours of the coral is a [...]
Sydney
Sydney introduction Sydney, with a population of over four million people, is Australia’s largest city. It’s fair to say that it’s also Australia’s best known city and, by virtue of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, Sydney is also Australia’s most iconic city. Sydney enjoys a warm climate and revels in the lifestyle choices [...]
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Park is one of the eight national parks in California. Located in the foothills and mountains of the south central section of the Sierra Nevada range, Sequoia is famous for big things–some of the largest trees in the world and some of the highest mountains in the U.S., including Mt. Whitney, at 14,495 [...]
Hawaii
Hawaii is a unique archipelago (island chain) formed from a geologic ‘hot spot’ (see next section on Geology for details). It will always be changing over millions of years. Hawaii arises from the deep ocean floor of the North Pacific Ocean, right in the middle of the Pacific tectonic plate. Because of this, its mountain [...]
Miami
Miami is a place of many guises. There is the hyperreal Miami of Miami Vice, of alligator attacks and Elián González. There are splashy art galleries and celebrity hotels. There are also lots and lots of strip malls. But this collective weirdness happens to sit on one terrific piece of real estate. Miami has turquoise [...]
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Despite more than 200 years of Spanish colonial history, Los Angeles feels young. Chalk it up to Hollywood’s demand for eternal youth and beauty. Or maybe it’s the city’s constant influx of newcomers from Asia and Latin America. But Los Angeles is a dynamic city always on the move. Travelers with families stop [...]