This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito For some of us this day was the 2nd landing on South Plaza (due to the schedule change) but that didn’t stop me from taking pictures! Earlier in the week the guides had told us that, much like a diver uses a dive…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito An early start this day; up at 5 to say goodbye to the gang leaving today. Once they were gone, we climbed aboard the panga and, with Sausimo at the helm and the Monserrat following behind, we set off for Caleta Tortuga Negra…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito To the north-west of Chinese Hat & Rabida sits Santiago Island. It’s 226 square miles and almost 3,000 feet at it’s highest point. According to the GPS on my camera, we were at 14 min 47 seconds S, which is just under 15…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito After yesterday’s deviation from our planned course we are back on track – busy day today! Our longest sailing yet, from South Plaza north west to Sombrero Chino (Chinese Hat). Chinese Hat is a tiny island (less than .25 square km in size)…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito This was supposed to have been the day on Isabella Island. Instead, we went ever so slightly north to Seymour Norte (North Seymour) in the morning and then south-east to Plaza Sur (South Plaza) in the afternoon. The Galapagos islands are relatively “new”…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito My trip to the Galapagos was “West, Central and East Islands”; 7 nights aboard the Monserrat. In the west – Isabela; the East – South Plaza, Santa Cruz & San Cristobal and central – Santiago, Chinese Hat, Baltra, Rabida & North Seymour. I…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito For my second day in Quito, I decided to get out of the city. I signed up for a “Bird Photo Tour” that would take me north west of the city, to the Tandayapa Cloud Forest Reserve. Pickup was early, 5:30 am and…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito The Galapagos islands are located approx 1,000 km off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific, the only way to get there is to fly from mainland Ecuador – from either Quito or Guayaquil. In my case, it was Quito. The highest capital…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 My last day in Cape Town and, finally, blue skies and minimal wind. Table Mountain was open! The Table Mountain Cable Car has 2 cars that rotate 360° so that on the way up (or down) you get to see all of the…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 On our last day with Liza we had planned to go to Table Mountain, do the Chapman’s Peak drive and visit a vineyard (which they call a wine farm). Unfortunately, Table Mountain and Chapman’s Peak were closed due to high winds. Needing something…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next morning we had planned to go to the top of Table Mountain, but the cable car was closed due to high winds & low visibility. It was a dreary, drizzley kind of morning; not the best for photography, but we weren’t…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 Cape Town which sits on South Africa’s western coast, at the top of the Cape Peninsula and in the shadow of Table Mountain, was the last leg of the trip. The first stop was the renowned Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, nestled against the…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The Okavango Delta is one of the world’s largest inland deltas and an important ecosystem in Botswana. With approximately 600,000 hectares of “permanent” swampland, along with over a million hectares of seasonally flooded grasslands, it has no outlet to the sea – the…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 African wild dogs are highly social pack animals. They are an endangered species; partly because only the dominant male and female in the pack breed and also because of humans and disease, such as rabies. On this morning, we found a female that…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 Moving day was a little different than other days. Still up well before dawn, but we’d have to pack up before leaving; with our bags loaded on top of the vehicle we’d head out for the morning game drive. Once TT, Patrick &…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next part of the trip was a 9 night/10 day mobile tented safari in Northern Botswana. A short charter flight from the surprisingly modern and nice airport in Kasane to an airstrip in Savuti. Our pilot looked pretty young to me (he’s…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next stop was Kasane, Botswana for the 5 day/4 night Better Wildlife Photography course with Pangolin Photo Safaris. Our group of 8 had 9 outings on their custom built photo boat and 1 game drive, all within the Chobe National Park. The…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The first stop on my Southern Africa adventure is Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe / Zambia border. The Victoria Falls Hotel, on the Zimbabwe side, is the oldest in the area. The hotel was built in 1904 to house workers building the Victoria…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica After arriving safely back in Ushuaia it was time to head back to Buenos Aires for a couple of nights before my flight home. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and it’s largest city, with almost 3 million people. It is…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Over night we travelled across the Bransfield Strait and morning found us just off of Deception Island, another of the South Shetland Islands. The South Shetland Islands are “claimed” by the British, Argentines & the Chileans and many countries have established…
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