Island Beat

Okinawa Whale Watching If you are looking for something to do this winter that doesn’t involve sliding down a mountain, wh...

There was a time, several decades ago, when the humpback whales stopped coming to Okinawa. Today, hundreds return each winter, an...

Kouri Island is in the north of Okinawa's main island. The coral island's green sugar cane fields and blue sea have made it a fav...

I’m in Yap, Micronesia, home of some of the most remote reefs in the Western Pacific. As I prepare to scuba dive down to Vertigo ...