| Global Green Memories |
Among the countless reasons to go green ’round the world, here are 15 of them.
In northern Thailand, during our stay at eco-friendly Khum Lanna Lodge, we spent a magnificent day biking quiet farm roads, swaying atop an elephant on a river trail and lazily paddling a canoe through kiddy rapids.
Dr. Wayan was made world famous by author Elizabeth Gilbert‘s best-seller Eat Pray Love. But the gentle lady’s healing and healthy lunches (each dish labeled for its healthful properties) go on as always at her humble headquarters in Ubud, Bali.
Green travelers like us are always on the lookout for a great local market, like the one in Ocotlan outside of Oaxaca city, Mexico. Who knew we’d also find a Frida Kahlo lookalike?
We were in Tanzania‘s Serengeti. We were on green safari. Are lions afraid of tents with chandeliers?
At the family-run 7 St. Georges Tavern on Cyprus, they make everything from scratch, and everything is organic or foraged from the wild. As they bring out plate after plate, they tell you, “We stop when you stop.” We didn’t for 3 hours.
Talk about being stuffed! In Kenya‘s Masai Mara, our green safari vehicle drove right up to this guy sleeping off his own feast. Notice the flies he had attracted—they’re cleaning his coat of the blood of the kill.
Can you believe this is a hotel? Can you believe this is a green hotel? It’s in the middle of Lake Pichola in Rajasthan, India—the former pleasure palace of the royalty of Udaipur. Today it’s the Taj Lake Palace. The Taj hotels are certified by Green Globe.
The haunting mists of the Mekong at sunset. We were on the greenest rice boat cruise from the Thai border to Luang Prabang, Laos.
Couldn’t resist snapping our mosquito-eating little friend on the Caribbean Mexico island of Isla Mujeres.
We were stopped in our tracks at the intensely vibrant beauty of this paddy of organic red rice in Bali.
Laguna Lodge Eco-resort & Nature Preserve appeared like a vision as we skimmed across Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan. Nearly all of it was built with local materials, and you eat healthily and well from its organic gardens.
No, we didn’t stay here—though it’s probably as green as it gets. We pedaled past this tiny monk’s house on an early morning bike ride near Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.
You can buy your turkey “to go” at the farmers’ market in Ocotlan, near Oaxaca, Mexico.
Our “crew” on a boat ride in Lake Pichola, when we stayed at the Taj Lake Palace in Rajasthan.
And finally, it doesn’t get much better than this. Enjoying a sundowner vino aboard an eco-sensitive traditional rice boat on the backwaters of Kerala in India.
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