An insightful and at times hilarious look at a typical adventure tourism experience in an atypical place in Guatemala, and how, when it comes to people climbing volcanoes, volcanoes will always have the final say.

". . the Memory Project is addressing an area that has long been overlooked by other organizations, a component of development that many of us with parents take for granted: a sense of personal history," writes Jacob Bielanski in this profile of the Memory Project.

Young soul surfer and traveler Spencer Klein takes us to the end of a road where there are people living with monkeys, drunks passed out in the sand, and jacked-up Chevy Blazers used as low-tide beach transport. In other words, on the search for waves in Centroamerica.

"In front of me, the biggest fish I have ever seen, its massive gaping void of a mouth, was just meters away; with my heart beating furiously and a thrashing of my fins I swam frantically trying to avoid being swallowed whole," writes Mark Steele in his account of diving with whale sharks in La Paz.

"Some know nothing about Cuba, the Cuban Revolution, or the US embargo against Cuba—they even think Che Guevara was Cuban—but they’re drawn to Cuba because of what they believe to be the forbidden travel experience," writes Julie Schwietert in this how-to guide on traveling to Cuba.

In the middle of Mexico City, Julie Schwietert Collazo, discovers an unlikely form of protest.

A photojournalist spends a day at Masaya Market in Nicaragua and finds her assumptions challenged by a group of local kids.

Jenifer Anthony learns what it's like to share a meal and form part of the simple and yet profound daily life of a family in the rural Maya village of Ek Balam.

A profile with links to volunteer opportunities at La Tortuga Feliz, an organization fighting to protect Costa Rica's marine turtles.