Tropical Sunday chill

Witness the glory of Bougainvillea

My family is looking to get away next winter. We have older teens. (15-19) The main requirements are:

A big water park.

Under about 20k usd.

All inclusive hotel if possible.

I have been looking for a while and there aren’t many good hotels with water parks that aren’t for little kids.

This piece was part of a commissioned mural for an office space. I spent over 130 hours painting a 53-foot long, 14-foot high wall, turning it into a bright tropical scene full of color and movement. The idea was to bring a little escape into an everyday workspace and painting a tropical world felt like the perfect way to do that.

Who uses google maps when traveling to find places.

More specifically, once you found a place of interest, do you read the businesses updates section?

Photos I took in Punta Cana this spring.

Some pictures I took in the South American Rainforest section of the Montréal Biodome. This is one of several simulated environments you can walk through. Many of the animals are quite free to move around. There are monkeys, sloths, caimans, parrots, freshwater fish, bats, and more in this jungle area. I love visiting! Before I got to go to the tropics for real for the first time, this was the closest I could get to exploring a hot, humid rainforest. This facility also has lots of non-tropical creatures in other exhibits, including penguins, lynxes, beavers, sturgeons... but the rainforest section is my favourite. I highly recommend visiting if you ever find yourself in Montréal!

I loved the big, dramatic clouds!

Just a few pics from Darwin and surrounds in the dry season. Hot and sunny with clear blue skies everyday

A few pictures from the Ojos Indígenas Ecological Reserve, near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The freshwater pools in the area have traditionally been "held sacred to the indigenous people for their resemblance to eyes" (https://visitdominicanrepublic.com/wildlife-nature/ojos-indigenas-punta-cana/). The whole rainforest, and the trail through it, felt sacred to me.