TRAVEL Archives - There Goes Gravity

April 15, 2023

Hope Town on Elbow Cay

The quaint settlement of Hope Town, at the north end of Elbow Cay, may be small, but you’ll find it offers a little bit…

Image of Chatham Bay

February 25, 2022

Our First Day on Union Island

Union Island is probably best known for its insane kite surfing possibilities, its full moon parties, and Happy Island. We sailed into Clifton Harbour…

Green Sea Turtle

July 22, 2020

Island of the Green Sea Turtles

Ancient reptiles, ocean dwellers, air-breathers, survivors… so many things describe sea turtles but none can capture the magic of meeting one in person. Or…

August 28, 2019

How to Tame a Stingray

This post could have been titled in many ways, such as “Don’t try this at home” or “How to train your pet Stingray” or…

February 2, 2019

“Save the Dells” Hike

Our colloquium hike took us on the Constellation Trail.

December 31, 2018

Bay of Turtles: the Lost Years Found

Years ago, I heard a talk about the “Sea Turtle Lost Years”. Researchers had been tracking and monitoring sea turtles as hatchlings and again…

January 3, 2018

What You Need to Know Before Exploring Eleuthera’s Hatchet Bay Cave

Here’s a (little) bit of geology, tips for exploring, and lots of images with named(!) formations for those who want to come prepared. There are…

December 25, 2017

My First Junkanoo

A Junkanoo is a celebration is a parade is a festival. The origin is not quite known but the earliest reports go back centuries.

November 1, 2017

Sandstone Gate

May 19, 2017

Nature Photography in the [Florida] Keys

March 6, 2017

Of Ants and Snails and Other Culinary Critters

Bizarre foods and other gastronomic delights on four continents – or why we sometimes accidentally eat strange foods. Part I

March 1, 2017

Big Cypress National Preserve

A little exploration of a nearby treasure.