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WATERY AMBITIONS Flores boasts some terrific diving, so check here for tips on the top spots. There's an abundance of information on topics from reefs to wrecks, but be warned: some nice spots were ripped away by the 1992 tsunami. There's also a guide to accommodation and prices...
Look at the world through Leni Riefenstahl's lens, and a high diver doesn't just dive. She flies. In one of the iconic images from her award-winning 1938 film Olympia, you see nothing but a glistening airborne figure silhouetted against sky. All else - diving board, ground, pool - disappears...
In the wide world of socially responsible travel, one of the cardinal rules has long been "Take only pictures, leave only footprints." After reading academic Rosaleen Duffy's critical analysis of the impacts of "ethical," nature-based tourism, A Trip Too Far - Ecotourism, Politics & Exploitation (Earthscan; 210 pages), altruistic souls...
But a decade later, deep-diving submersibles scanning the midocean ridge near the Galapagos Islands stumbled on something totally unexpected: plumes of toxic water spewing from cracks in the sea floor. Huddled around these awful oases were entire ecosystems made up of hundreds of hitherto unknown species, ranging from bright...
GO TO GOTO Goto means five islands in Japanese, but this archipelago is actually made up of more than 150. For centuries it was home to Japan's "hidden Christians," who practiced their faith despite an imperial ban. Today, Christianity is still practiced, and freely. Local villagers concentrate on farming...