Introduction : in solution--I came by it honestly -- The sacred cenote of the Taino : the magic deep within -- Guyana : seeking refuge in the cashew rains -- The sunken city of Port Royal : the Pompeii of the Caribbean -- The Suwannee : river out of time -- St. Lucia's parrot man : on a wing and a prayer -- Cat Island : tropical voodoo and monasteries in the sand -- Sir Francis Drake in Panama : questing for El Dragón -- The Amazon's Pink Boto : the dolphin that would be man -- Turks and Caicos : sea wranglers herd giant snails -- Blue Springs : inside the heart of a poem -- Florida Keys : beyond the neon, a backcountry -- Galapagos journal : an expeditionary wink in the eye of the cosmos -- Coral spawning : sex on the rocks -- Trinidad : shark, where did you get that gold? -- The Turtle People of the Miskito Coast : waiting to exhale -- Cuba : warships and flashlight fish in the abyss -- The Florida Everglades : searching for Mr. Watson -- Jungle Dreams : from Swiss family Robinson to tragled river bends.