Trip: Seeing and protecting wild animals around the world
There are [10] stories from my trip: Seeing and protecting wild animals around the world
NICARAGUA | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Views [656]
I’ve spent a fair amount of time hiking in the jungle but almost never at night and definitely never at this pace. Four of us were moving quickly through the rainforest, hurrying to the sea turtle nesting beach at the end of the trail, in the hopes ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, ecotourism, nicaragua, reforestation, san juan del sur, sea turtles, wildlife conservation
NICARAGUA | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
Touring the Paso del Istmo with Paso Pacifico
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Tags: beaches, ecotourism, monkeys, nicaragua, rainforest, reforestation, sea turtles
NICARAGUA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Views [177]
A wide beach on a warm clear evening may be the most relaxing setting on earth. We weren’t likely to come across any nesting turtles on this beautiful evening in the far northwest corner of Nicaragua (the tides weren’... Read more >
Tags: beaches, conservation, ecotourism, hawksbill, nicaragua, sea turtles, volunteer, wildlife
NICARAGUA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
A visit to a hawksbill turtle project in Northwestern Nicaragua
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Tags: conservation, ecotourism, nicaragua, sea turtles, volunteer, wildlife
EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 11 Oct 2012 | Views [228]
To arrive to a new place in the dark is like tasting a new food with a blindfold on. You can feel the edges, but a full color appreciation isn’t possible until daylight arrives. Night time in the small town of La Pirraya on an island in Jiquilisco ... Read more >
Tags: ecotourism, el salvador, hawksbill, sea turtles, volunteering, wildlife conservation
EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 11 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
Visiting the hawksbill sea turtle conservation project run by ICAPO
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EL SALVADOR | Tuesday, 9 Oct 2012 | Views [223]
“Possessing, selling, and consuming sea turtles is illegal in El Salvador ,” states Enriqueta Ramirez in Spanish. “We are not interested in buying turtle eggs from you; we want to collaborate with you to protect sea turtles.”... Read more >
Tags: ecotourism, el salvador, sea turtles, volunteering, wildlife conservation
USA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2012 | Views [131]
One of my favorite parts of my job running SEEtheWILD is the opportunity to bring a group of Portland, Oregon residents to participate in a volunteer vacation every spring with the leatherback sea turtles . As our group arrived to our hotel the first ... Read more >
Tags: ecotourism, leatherback sea turtles, nesting beaches, volunteer vacation, wildlife conservation
USA | Sunday, 30 Sep 2012 | Views [151]
Who
would you rather see while kayaking - a movie star or a cuddly marine mammal? I
had the opportunity to do both just a short drive from San Francisco in August
of 2010.
Monterey
California is in some ways a model for how wildlife-based ... Read more >
Tags: kayaking, monterey bay, sea otters, wildlife
EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | Views [217]
Summer in Portland, Oregon is wonderful. Warm sunny days blend
gradually into crisp nights even at the height of summer, a perfect climate to
explore the Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood, and the Oregon Coast. So why did I give
up two weeks of my hometown’s ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, conservation, el salvador, hawksbill, nicaragua, sea turtles, wildlife
