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NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 13 Mar 2025 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [12]
It seems like only months ago we ended our Mediterranean cruise but it has been well over a year!
At the end of 2023 I joined with other Ulysses members to ride the length of New Zealand raising funds to help those who continue to suffer from the ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 10 Mar 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [11]
IT’S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS since Hurricane Ian crashed through Fort Myers and just a single lane on the only bridge connecting Pine Island to the mainland is open. On-going construction regularly stops traffic dead. Businesses along Pine Island ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 9 Mar 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 8 Mar 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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COSTA RICA | Wednesday, 5 Mar 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [34]
OUR SPIRITS NEEDED A JOLT OF COSTA RICAN Pura Vita before returning to the sturm und drang of the USA and a condo in the beach town of Jaco was just the ticket. This is our fourth visit to Costa Rica, we’ve already covered most of the country ... Read more >
PANAMA | Friday, 21 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [158]
OF PANAMA’S ROUGHLY ONE THOUSAND BIRDS, seven are found only in Panama. With our previous birding birding trips in nearby Columbia we had already seen all but 90 of the species. No, problem, though. This trip was not jus about birds—it was ... Read more >
PANAMA | Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [45]
ANOTHER EARLY START TODAY, first a van to Yaviza and followed by another panga ride on the Chucunaque River to El Real and onward by truck to the Embera village of Pijibasal where our Crested Eagle trek would begin.
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PANAMA | Monday, 17 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [137]
SUNDAY WAS AN EASY DAY, as if Oscar wanted to test our mettle. Breakfast at 6:15 followed by three hours of birding on Sendero el Balsal. This isn’t primary rain forest—much of it is a teak plantation—so we all piled into the back of ... Read more >
PANAMA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [89]
BIRDING IN DARIÉN HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR for years. Until recently the logistics and cost were daunting, the rivers were frequented by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants and decent lodging was non-existent.
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