Archive for the ‘International’ Category
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Thailand
The Kingdom of Siam! A visit to Southeast Asia was a first for many in the Wilderness Innovations Crew. Thailand is a hot and steamy paradise known for its spicy food, turquoise waters, and abundant wildlife. We spent nearly three weeks touring the southern part of the country, stopping at Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, and [...]
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Belize
Welcome to Belize. We spent the first half of the trip at Banana Bank near San Ignacio. Then we moved on to Caye Caulker for the last few days. Good trip.
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Banff, Canada
Established in 1885, Canada’s Banff National Park is home to glaciated peaks, turquoise-colored lakes, and a wide range of wildlife. We traveled to Banff in search of the illusive Rocky Mountain Lopilla, a subspecies of the more common Canadian Sasquatch. We did spot a large, hairless primate near Bow Glacier Falls, but the timid creature [...]
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Cozumel
Cozumel is a large island off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Popular with cruise ships, this tourist trap is most famous for its diving. We were forced to cancel our original plans due to Hurricane Wilma, and the signs of this devastating storm were painfully evident several months later. The diving was superb, however, [...]
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Panama
Need to write something up.
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Shipwrecks
Another classic surf trip to Baja. We thought about buying a small parcel of land and building a house here.
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Playa Grande I, Costa Rica
Costa Rica so impressed us that we decided to go back the following year. This time, we traveled north and stayed in Playa Grande at Kai’s. We surfed Witch’s Rock and ate some of the best pizza south of the border.
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Italy
Our Italian honeymoon. Not much wilderness, but lots of culinary adventure. We started in Roma, then to the Cinque Terra and Pisa, and finished in Florence.
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Costa Rica
A Wilderness Innovations Classic – our first trip to Costa Rica. Eight of us ventured south to get a taste of life in Central America. We surfed Jaco Beach, Playa Hermosa, and other scary breaks. We viewed the wildlife in Parque Manual Antonio and went on a night hike that almost brought our vacation to [...]
