In February 2014 I was on the backpacker island of Utila in Honduras for a month of diving and, well, blowing off some steam after finishing up my PhD. As a newly minted doctor I couldn’t entirely leave work behind – a big grant application was due just days before I was ticketed to fly…
Category: Americas
The Californian Channel Islands: A day on Santa Cruz Island
One of the joys of being a houseguest with my sister and brother-in-law in California is that they become temporary tourists during my visit. But they aren’t just aimless wandering tourists – they have the perfect balance of in-the-know and bright-eye’d-enthusiasm. They have only lived in LA for a couple of years, and with minimal days off…