Category: Boarding Group 2 Travel Blog
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Cuba Photography Trip Day 3: Familia (Family)
We wake to the sound of roosters announcing the impending sunrise. As we left our hotel for another early morning walk, rooster crows echoed from different streets and alleys. The streets are empty when we first venture out. Neighbors greet us from their doors and windows, with smiles and greetings of good morning. As we…
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Cuba Photography Trip Day 2: Tesoro! (Treasure!)
We woke before sunrise to begin our introduction to Havana by daylight. The sky was filled with whispers of cotton candy clouds, highlighted by a blue sky backdrop. The emerging light cast a golden glow onto the architectural features of buildings, making their weather and time worn textures stand out. One of the advantages to…
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Cuba Photography Trip: Planning, Packing & Day 1: Un Sentido de Aventura ( A Sense of Adventure)
Just a month or so ago, we were sharing dinner with our camera club’s Portfolio Project Reviewer, Alain Gutierrez. We have always admired Alain’s photography- especially his street photography in Cuba. We were talking about his passion for not only street photography, but for Cuba, and he shared he was taking a group to to…
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Florida Birding Trip Day 3: Colts, Pelicans, & Girls Making Photos
Today we leave West Palm Beach and begin our travels through the Florida Everglades towards the Florida Gulf Coast. Our first stop of the day is at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach. As we were walking down a path, a family of Sand Hill Cranes emerged from the side of the road and…
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Florida Birding Trip Day 2: We’re Going On an Owl Hunt!
We met up early this morning to travel to Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands. There are 100 acres of created wetlands, and we could not appreciate the great diversity and scale of what was waiting for us when we first stepped out onto the boardwalk. There is a luscious quiet about the wetlands, sprinkled…
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Florida Birding Trip Day 1: Pivot!
Today we drove to West Palm Beach where we will meet up with Loren Fisher and the workshop participants. As we made our way south and then east, we passed massive sugar cane fields with road signs warning of smoke and fog impairing visibility. We had no idea that sugar cane is set alight before…
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Florida Birding Trip: The Wild of Springs & Prairies
We relished our days spent in the Florida countryside, including visits to some local nature areas and taking in the sights. Our first visit was to Fanning Springs State Park. This quiet area is on the Suwannee River, with turquoise blue springs and meandering boardwalks through the forest and above the swamp, safe from alligators.…
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Florida Birding Trip: Planning, Prep & Farm Adventures
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes & ears, as close to us & everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?” David Attenborough Art and I enjoy photographing birds; we like the variety and trying to capture them doing bird things like singing, flying, eating, chasing and preening.…
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Southern Japan Cruise Day 11: Until We Meet Again
Today is our final port of call: Kochi. We are happy to visit Kochi, but sad it is our last excursion of the cruise. We are welcomed into port with a flag performance that was quite impressive! I wonder how many steps that would count for, on an activity app? As we disembark, volunteers help…
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Southern Japan Cruise Day 10: The Firefly Effect
Overnight we sailed from Kagoshima North to Honshu Island and its capital, Hiroshima. We woke early before sunrise and watched the deep dark skies gently turn to soft blues and golds as the rising sun backlit the mountains. It was very quiet, and seemed a bit surreal as we sailed up Hiroshima Bay. Art and…
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