When asked; ‘What is your favourite place on Earth?’ I could easily answer the Galápagos’ Islands, Hungary or any other location I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to. But I’d be lying if I said that. What connects you to a location is the memories you hold there; whether they are happy, sad, or both.…
If the Pacific Ocean is the haystack, then the island of Niutao has to be a good contender for the needle. Measuring a single mile across, with a population of only a few hundred, Niutao is one of the nine islands which make up the Pacific nation of Tuvalu – the world’s fourth smallest country,…
I hear a shout in the distance, calling me to the night-blackened beach. This is it. The moment. The one I have been waiting for ever since we arrived here in Panama. The turtles are hatching. I take off running, trying to get to the hatchery as fast as I can. Shaking in exhilaration, I…