The New York Times – Travel:
All that snow in the West? It’s water now, and it’s providing a banner season for white-water rafting. Here are five rivers to run this summer.
Category: Rivers
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Is This the World’s Most Picturesque High Dive?
The New York Times – Travel:
Catch a glimpse of a storied tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where, for hundreds of years, divers have leaped from a bridge in the southern city of Mostar.
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Zoe Leonard Goes With the Flow
The New York Times – T Magazine:
With a new collection of images, the photographer looks at the Rio Grande — the fraught border river between the U.S. and Mexico — through a fresh lens.
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Finding Peace on a River Float in Texas
The New York Times – Travel:
From the center of an inner tube drifting down the slow-moving Guadalupe, in Texas, life looks good.
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Low Water Levels Disrupt European River Cruises, a Favorite of U.S. Tourists
The New York Times – Travel:
As the continent faces a severe drought, companies have had to use buses to transport passengers along parts of the Rhine and the Danube, where water levels have become too low for riverboats.
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8 Bike Paths Developed From Abandonted Railroad Tracks
The New York Times – Travel:
Tens of thousands of miles of abandoned railroad tracks have been developed into recreational paths since the 1960s. Here are scenic pathways through deserts, valleys, mountain passages and more.
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Descending Into Florida’s Underwater Caves
The New York Times – Travel:
The world’s densest collection of freshwater springs is at the center of a slow-motion environmental tragedy.
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Six Days Afloat in the Everglades
The New York Times – Travel:
After a storm disrupted plans for a 99-mile paddling trek, a Times journalist’s time on the water took a more reflective turn. Come look and listen alongside him.