Featured travel journalist for the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, the Dallas Morning News, American Way, and the dive publication, Alert Diver. Environmentalist, scuba diver, adventurer and animal watcher, who prizes travel. I believe we'd have fewer wars if more people traveled and discovered how much we have in common with our neighbors in other countries. Since there are many fragile ecosystems in the world, I try to travel with the lightest carbon footprint possible, cleaning my water with a SteriPEN and using a KleenKanteen refillable water bottle.