Trip: The World Part 4
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PANAMA | Sunday, 13 Nov 2022 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 | Views [402]
WE DECIDED THAT A FEW DAYS IN RIO after the birding trip would give us a chance to rest up and regain control of our lives. We stayed at the Windsor California Hotel in Copacabana, an ideal choice with the best breakfast I’ve had in Brazil. The ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 7 Nov 2022 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Sunday, 6 Nov 2022 | Views [439]
AND NOW FOR THE NUMBERS. This was our 8 th guided birding trip, the 1 st with Tropical Birding. There were 4 paying customers, Eduardo driving and Andrés guiding. We were on the road for 20 days, stayed in 8 different accommodations ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 3 Nov 2022 | Views [416]
HAVING CHECKED OFF ALL THE TARGET SPECIES, we moved our vigil from the rainforests of southeastern Brazil to the grassland savannas around Cańastra National Park. We broke up another long drive with pee-breaks, lunch and a stop at a park in Belo Horizonte ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 | Views [459]
ALGULHUS NEGRAS NATIONAL PARK has some of the highest peaks in southern Brazil. The drive took us up to 7000 feet elevation on a truly terrible road several hours from Hotel do Ypâ and required a 4WD, not our luxury van. We crammed into the only ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 | Views [384]
CHANGES TO THE ITINERARY MUST BE UNANIMOUS—unless all the target birds have been seen. So when Andres asked if we would be willing to forego the scheduled four-hour detour back to the steamy coast and then through Rio just to see another antwren ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 | Views [458]
NOT ALL OF THE BIRDS IN BRAZIL are as amazing and colorful as hummingbirds, trogons, tanagers and toucans. Nor are they as easily spotted. Take “antbirds,” for instance, a group of small, dull-colored birds that skulk around on the shady ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Friday, 28 Oct 2022 | Views [422]
AFTER A SEVEN-HOUR DRIVE from the coast we perched at Guapi Assu Bird Lodge for three nights. It’s a purpose-built lodge on lovingly restored wetlands with views of the distant Serra dos Ôrgãos mountains. Thomas greeted us in English ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 26 Oct 2022 | Views [433]
THERE ARE MORE THAN 350 species of hummingbirds—nearly one for each day of the year. All are “New World” species, found only in the Americas. We have seen hummingbirds everywhere in Brazil—the country claims more than 80 species—... Read more >
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 25 Oct 2022 | Views [458]
THE MOST POPULAR BIRDING TRIPS TO BRAZIL go to the Amazon and the Pantanal, two regions we have already visited independently. Instead we opted for Tropical Birding’s Atlantic Rainforest and Savannah trip. It’s our first time with Tropical ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 20 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Monday, 26 Sep 2022 | Views [332]
WHAT’S ON YOUR TRAVEL “BUCKET LIST?” We have been everywhere from Antartica to Zimbabwe so ours is more of a “been there, done that” list, filled with tick marks and a few scribbles of final additions in the margins.... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 | Views [375]
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK appeals to all of the senses. The bluest of skies, the smell of the pines on the cool breeze and birdsong mix together while Long’s Peak towers in the distance to over 14,000 feet. Throw in some good friends who just ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 7 Jul 2022 | Views [445]
HERE WE ARE, BACK IN COLORADO, We arrived jet-lagged, dehydrated and not accustomed to the altitude, then found out we both had Covid. Don’t know whether we picked it up on the flight home from Iceland—we were masked all the way for 10-hours—... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 2 Jul 2022 | Photo Gallery
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ICELAND | Friday, 1 Jul 2022 | Views [478]
I GUESS WE JUST COULDN’T GET ENOUGH of the Arctic. We were among the first to leave the Island Princess when it docked in Southampton and rushed to catch our train to Gatwick. Since every Icelandair flight passes through Reykjavik, they actually ... Read more >
ICELAND | Wednesday, 29 Jun 2022 | Photo Gallery
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NORWAY | Sunday, 19 Jun 2022 | Views [579]
HONNIGSVAG, WE ARE TOLD, IS THE northernmost town in Europe. It’s 306 miles north of the Arctic Circle—just over 1300 miles from the North Pole. It is also the only place on this cruise that we’ve booked an excursion—a “... Read more >
NORWAY | Saturday, 18 Jun 2022 | Views [526]
I THINK IT WAS JOHN D. MAC DONALD who wondered what value we would place on a sunset if it occurred once every 20 years. Here in Tromsø where the last sunrise was on May 13, this isn’t just a random musing. There won’t be another sunset ... Read more >
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