501 – A Gaucho Gathering in Uruguay Each year several thousand gauchos–Uruguayan cowboys–gather in the interior town of Tacuarembó for a festival and parade. We travel to...
502 – Trinidad and Tobago: Where East Meets West The island of Trinidad and its small companion, Tobago, form the most ethnically diverse nation in the Caribbean and are...
503 – Mexico City’s Markets: a Millennium of Trade The ancient Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán was home to several great markets. As we travel through Mexico City, which sits...
504 – Brazil’s Pernambuco: The Forgotten Interior 504 – Unlike much of Brazil, the interior of the northeastern state of Pernambuco is an arid semi-desert. Away from...
505 – The Mata Atlantica: Brazil’s Other Rainforest One of the world’s most diverse forests, the Mata Atlantica once covered Brazil’s southeastern coast for over a thousand miles...
506 – Blackfeet and Bison For well over a thousand years, the Blackfeet people of Montana have made their home where the Great Plains meet...
507 – Chesapeake Bay: Of Clams and Oysters It is the largest bay on the Atlantic coast of the Americas, pivotal in the history of prehistoric, historic, and...
508 – Colombia: Cartagena and a Hidden Palenque Colombia’s Caribbean coast was once a source of the wealth of the Caribbean. The city of Cartagena was the most...
509 – Peoples of Oaxaca and the arrival of Holy Week The state of Oaxaca is home to more than sixty different ethnic groups. We visit several of them. The Coastal...
510 – The Brazilian state of Ceará From dazzling beaches to verdant mountains to parched scrubland, Ceará exhibits many of the attractions and also the contradictory currents...
