5 articles tagged with arecibo
When the maintenance supervisor at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio offered me two weeks off after I'd rewired half the building's ancient electrical system during a heatwave, I knew exactly where I was headed. Puerto Rico had been on my radar since...
When most travelers hear 'Arecibo,' they immediately think of the iconic observatory that graced countless science documentaries and even appeared in films like *Contact* and *GoldenEye*. But as someone who's spent decades exploring the intersection of natural wonders and human...
The first time I set foot in Arecibo, I was supposed to be training for the Puerto Rico Marathon. Instead, I found myself on an unexpected pilgrimage of flavors. Between morning runs along the Atlantic coastline and evening cool-downs through...
There's a rhythm to exploring Arecibo that reminds me of marathon training—each step reveals something new, each breath connects you deeper to the land. When my relief organization sent me to Puerto Rico last spring for a community rebuilding project,...
When I first planned this ambitious two-week journey connecting Puerto Rico's scientific marvel to Peru's ancient wonders, my colleagues at the public defender's office thought I was overreaching. But as someone who's witnessed how exposure to different cultures and histories...