Morning Visitor

Morning Visitor

One morning I was sitting on the balcony of my Airbnb apartment with my novel and a cup of coffee when I suddenly heard a loud hammering. I looked up and promptly found the source of the noise: a small green woodpecker pecking at insects …

The Tallest Palm Trees in the World

The Tallest Palm Trees in the World

My hike through the Valle del Cocora in the middle of Colombia’s coffee highlands was particularly impressive. The reason is the tallest palm tree in the world growing there: the Quindio wax palm, Colombia’s national tree. Like so many natural beauties, this one is threatened …