Here’s an OMG cultural moment from each of our trips:

• Iceland: Hearing our guide Heidrun describe the Snorri saga and its significance to the Icelandic people.
• Costa Rica: Visiting an indigenous Indian community and buying simple handicrafts from the children.
• Peru: Visiting the floating reed islands of Uros and seeking how the people make everything out of reeds.
• Swiss Alps: Listening to a hymn sung by the yodeling choir with alphorns on a Sunday morning at Mt Pilatus.
• New Zealand: When the children at Omarumutu Marae sang America the Beautiful in Maori for us.
• Australia: Hiking the ancient song line of the Emu Man in the Blue Mountains.
• Alaska Summer: Meeting the locals in a Homer pub – right out of a novel!
• Desert Mountain: Visiting Taos pueblo and talking with the current inhabitants about their ancestors.
• Sedona Sojourn: Exploring Palatki ruins and imagining what life must have been like for the ancient Sinagua people.
• Hawaii: Hiking with our guide to the Wailua falls and hearing his tales of growing up in Hawaii.
• Morocco: Delivering school supplies to Berber kids and them singing their favorite song in return.
• Best of the West: Hearing our guide in Canyon de Chelly tell us the story of the seven brothers.
• Utah Canyonlands: Yucking it up with the cowboys on the horse ride through beautiful Bryce Canyon.
• Arizona Spectacular: Visiting with the Hopi people in their homes and buying kachina dolls and tiny delicate pottery from them.
• Tetons-Yellowstone: Watching buffalo graze and remembering how close we came to losing these beautiful beasts forever.
• Canadian Rockies: Appreciating the conservation-inspired locals who limit access to Lake O’Hara to keep it pristine forever.