Erik Trinidad

Discover 60 uplifting birding adventures plus 120 extra ideas on bird-rich trips that explore the joys and pleasures of watching our feathered friends in nature, including "Let the ostrich be your gateway into Africa's avian world" by Erik Trinidad

Biking Rwanda's Congo Nile Trail offers travelers the chance to see the country's waterfalls, volcanoes, gorillas, and more.

Winery-hopping in Canada's Niagara Peninsula serves up lovely scenery and excellent late-harvest wines, ice wines, and more

How biking through Bhutan acclimated me to Himalayan altitudes, and helped me understand the “Land of Happiness”

The latest offering from a classic Catskills destination, Mohonk Mountain House.

Because there’s so much to do when the snow is melted.

Get to the chopper for glacial hikes and Via Ferrata in Canada’s Cariboo Mountains

From the Caribbean to Saudi Arabia, these are the most memorable dives I've taken.

In Park City, Utah, come for the winter, stay for the summer.

It was a drizzly day in County Meath, Ireland, which is not unheard of on the Emerald Isle. Tiny raindrops fell from the sky, trajectories at the whim of a chilling breeze, not only down to the rolling hills and grassy meadows of the countryside, but into the River Blackwater, which flowed faster than usual. As the river ran through the village of Kells, the force of its current came in contact with a paddle and pushed a water wheel — just as it did some 700 years ago...

Dishes worth taking turns for across six of Utah’s mountain resorts.

Not many people have heard of the Caribbean island nicknamed Statia, let alone its full Dutch name, Sint Eustatius. Perhaps that’s because it’s one of just two mere specks on the map in the Lesser Antilles—the other being Saba—between St. Maarten and St. Kitts. However, those of the diving community who are in the know can attest that Statia, as little as it is, has much to offer with dozens of protected dive sites teeming with marine life. More than that, it’s ...

Come for the skiing, stay for the snow buggies.

Snowstorm dry spells can happen at any time, and in this era of climate change, the same goes for spring-like days in the middle of winter. “Dryuary” may be the term used by those flirting with sobriety each January, but the ski industry knows it’s very much the descriptor for the lack of big dumps the 30 days after New Year’s. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort was no exception to this in the second half of that first month of 2024...

A girl in a tutu, eight years old going on nine, stood ready for her close-up, with her family nearby—cameras all pointed at her. It was a special day, and not just because it was her birthday; the birthday girl would get the honor of ringing the opening bell, not at the New York Stock Exchange, but at a place dearer to her young heart: the clock tower in the base village of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in the Idaho Panhandle...