Exploring the Otherworldly Atacama Desert The Otherworldly Atacama Desert, Chile, is a land of arid landscapes, salt lakes, geysers and rugged wind-sculpted canyons. It is rimmed with active volcanos which form the border with Bolivia. Historically it is the driest place on earth. Between the years of 1570 and 1971 no significant rainfall was … [Read more...]
Amazon River Life
This is the third update on my recent Lindblad/National Geographic Amazon River Headwaters Adventure. Here we meet the people who live in the remote Pacaya Samiria National Reserve of Peru. There are no roads in the dense jungle and trails are often flooded. Here the Amazon River is the only link with the outside world. Amazon River … [Read more...]
Amazon Live Adventure
Amazon River Headwaters Adventure Here is the second of three updates on my recent Lindblad/National Geographic Amazon Adventure. Last week was an overview, Amazon River Headwaters Adventure. This week, I show some of the birds, mammals, reptiles and insects I saw and photographed while exploring on the Delfin II. I begin in the canopy … [Read more...]
Amazon River Headwaters Adventure
Source of the Amazon River The source of the Amazon River has been disputed by explorers and geographers for centuries. Five different tributaries in Peru are contenders, including the Ucayali and the Maranon Rivers. Both rivers wind through the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, an area of flooded jungle forest. This is a protected pristine … [Read more...]
Most Memorable, from Borneo to Brazil, Images of 2014
Most Endangered... Seeing orangutans in their own habitat was a thrill. Swinging across the jungle canopy in family groups, babies clinging to mother's bellies. They are endangered due to poaching and destruction of habitat. In September I traveled by klotok, local boat, four hours along the Sekonyer River into central Borneo's jungle. … [Read more...]
