John Lumkes rarely misses an opportunity to experience the wonders of flight. He often flies 3-4 times a week--sometimes, just short hops to practice takeoffs and landings.For the Purdue University professor of agricultural and biological engineering, the only thing better tha...

We have spent 17 days in wonderful Costa Rica and enjoyed a roadtrip across the north-west of the country. Lot of rainforest and beach time. We enjoyed be beauty of this very green country

Bera Village, close to the Jawai Dam in the Aravali Range of Rajasthan is an amazing example of the adaptability of both leopards and humans. It is a human habitation where leopards roam free, living on rocky outcrops that dot the landscape. Amidst cultivated farmland, leopard...

the last danceAlaska means the achievement of our plan, to travel the northernmost roads of America, from east to west. We didn’t cover the Dalton Highway because of snow fall. With an average slightly above 10˚C per day, sometimes 0˚C to leave in the morning, it was cold & ra...

Fulbright 2019-20

The nature has created stunning and fantastic places, surrealistic, hard to believe if you don't explore them by yourself. Hormuz is a tiny geological gem located in the Persian Gulf with wild and breathtaking landscapes. It is know as the rainbow island for the insane range o...

Our necks craned out the window as we stared incredulously at the seemingly endless terrain rolling past our rental car window. Superlatives dropped from our mouths and piled up at our feet as we ogled giant white lines cleaved into granite walls as big or bigger than anything...

These past few weeks of isolation have been great for reflection and planning. One of the exercises I have been doing is, going back to old trips with a fresh eye and re editing new favorites and old ones as well. Since my editing style has changed quite a bit, it has been rea...

I can't remember if it was a birthday gift or an anniversary gift, but I remember feeling excited when Kim surprised me with a plane ticket to Malaysia. It was for a trip we've always talked about during our first few conversations when we first met-- but never seemed to push ...