Melati and Isabel Wijsen started campaigning against plastic bags in Bali when they were 10 and 12 years old, respectively. Four years later, it looks like they are about to achieve their goal.
As the sun broke over the white sands of Guam's Tumon Beach, Duhyun Na and her friends made their way down to the shoreline with their smartphones and selfie sticks.
Conveniently sitting outside the hurricane belt, just 50 miles east of busy Aruba, laid-back Curaçao boasts vibrant architecture and history, multicultural neighborhoods, white sand beaches and iridescent turquoise Caribbean water.
While the shuttered storefronts around downtown bespeak an economy still very much in recovery, make no mistake that Athens, the Greek capital, has a vibrant and fighting spirit.
First, some comforting reassurance to all panicked late 20-somethings fighting off enough unchecked lists already. This isn't really a checklist, and 30 is really just a number. So if you're 72 and don't feel a day over 29 ½, the following naturally applies to you as well.