GUS' BLOG

  • With Jeb in front of the pyramid at Coba. It's one of teh few Maya pyramids you can still climb.August 15th, 2011
    Another Continent, Another Pyramid »

    After seeing the Great Pyramid at Giza earlier this year, it was amazing to see another pyramid built by another culture.. and then get to climb to the top.

  • SONY DSCAugust 4th, 2011
    San Miguel Is Cool (Really!) »

    After living in the U.S. for one and a half years it was weird to visit San Miguel again. It felt strange to come back as a tourist after living there and see all that changed. But some of my favorite things were just the same.

  • Here I am up on a rock formation in Cappadocia in Central Turkey.April 30th, 2011
    The Big Wrap Up »

    Well we are home and have been readjusting and getting caught up on schoolwork. So now that I have let the trip sink in I want to tell you my favorite part.

  • This all looks pretty, but that's because this isn't a scratch and sniff photo.April 21st, 2011
    The Problem With Venice That You Can’t See in Pictures »

    Venice is supposedly the city of romance and so on. Well it could be except for one thing.

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    To Be a Gladiator »

    One of my best experiences in Rome was gladiator school.

  • Here I am making a video in the bathhouse.April 1st, 2011
    A Day in Pompeii »

    Pompeii was fascinating and creepy too. But it’s worth going to see how people lived in Roman times.

  • In one of the rooms deep down under Cappadocia.March 29th, 2011
    What’s Underneath? »

    Turkey’s underground cities, made thousands of years ago, could give us ideas for the future of the planet.

  • Jeb and I are looking at a mural inside Aya Sofya.March 27th, 2011
    Exploring Istanbul »

    The most spectacular buildings in Istanbul are the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya.

  • What's left of the library in Ephesus.March 22nd, 2011
    Almost Like Being There »

    History feels very alive in Ephesus, which was once the second largest city in the Roman Empire.

  • Here I am with a tribute to the Greek soldiers.March 18th, 2011
    To Do a Marathon »

    You all have heard of the word marathon. It is a 26-mile running race. But some of you might not know where the word came from. I got to go to the source of the word. The site of the Battle of Marathon.

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Gus Hawkins Kendrick

Gus Hawkins Kendrick (nicknames Gustavito and Gusman) spoke Spanish before English; loves history (especially World War II history), scuba diving, photography, filmmaking. He published his first magazine piece—on the Galapagos Islands—at the age of 11.