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What do you keep in your travel journal? I keep life lists of birds, reptiles and fish, and sketches from places like Oregon and Minnesota.
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Moleskine travel sketches, handpainted maps, travel illustrations, and notes on anything from how to pack a longboard for tropical destinations to naturalism and science notes.
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Imagine that you're careening through the city on an old bus, and you find a notebook wedged in the corner of the seat. Open it up. Dusty sketches of swampy backwaters, photographs of foreign lands, illustrations of exotic foods. No destination reviews, no top 10 lists and no industry guest posts. It appears to be written merely for the joy of curious explorers and travelers.

 
   
       
  The Blue Boats of Essaouria  

The Dry World | April 10, 2013
The Essaouira Murex
The sky over the Atlantic coast is a deep blue, with only a few wispy, white clouds.  If in Marrakech, the people find inspiration for their color palette in the sandstone hues of the desert and mountains, then in Essaouira, it is the sky and ocean, for Essaouira is a city of whitewashed walls and blue-painted shutters.

Essaouira, Morocco

   
       
  Thunder on the Zumwalt Prairie  

Guana Cay | April 2, 2013
Scientific Case against Bakers Bay Strengthens

Acclaimed coral scientist Tom Goreau spoke in Nassau about coral reef decline at Baker's Bay Club as a result of excessive fertilizer run-off. The speech, given at the Bahamas National Natural History Conference on March 7, was well received by the audience and by the Bahamas National Trust, which hosted the event.

Updated with video on April 2.

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  Marrakech, Morocco  

Dry World | March 6, 2013
The Marrakech Orangerie
Why do we travel? In these notes from Marrakech, Morocco, I offer a different view of the pleasures and purposes of travel as I pursue the color and taste orange.

Marrakech, Morocco

   
       
  Sketches of Morocco  

The Dry World | February 20, 2013
Morocco Sketches and Illustrations
My moleskine journal from Marrakech, as well as sketches and illustrations of Moroccan food, architecture and more.

Morocco Sketch Journal

   
       
  Hanalei Valley  

Oceania | January 03, 2013
Roundup, Reefs, Runoff and the Hanalei Valley
After a long morning and the whole family winding down, I had slipped out of the house with my five-year old son, promising an ‘adventure drive,’ which is secret code for rolling down the windows and pretending any number of fantastical beasts are hot on our heels.

Hanalei Valley

 
 

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