Tag: travel
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 7: Pura Vida
It is travel day, we and our fellow travellers gathered this morning for our flights to return home. Our favorite experiences: traveling into the jungle and rain forests, meeting local neighbors who served us delicious food and cold drinks, doing what lights us up with a group of talented and fun photographers, and learning to…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 6: The Peace of Wild Things
After an evening of thunder and lightening, we woke to steady rain showers. The jungle comes alive in the rain with chatter and calls. I am not sure if it’s a celebration of the rain or a protest! Today we travel to Bosque del Cabo Rain Forest Lodge, a beautiful resort in the coastal mountains.…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 5: Take Me Down The River
We are on the road again this morning after a restful and relaxing day yesterday. The road takes us up through the mountains sprinkled with clouds. Around one bend, Dennis and Jose pull to the side of the road where we capture some images of birds we have never seen before. It was initially a…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 3: Lunch In The Rainforest
We are settling into an adventurous and welcome routine here in Costa Rica. We wake early at 5 AM and walk to the dining area where we have breakfast, keeping company with our fellow travelers in the group. We then head back to our room and pack our gear for the day. The last thing…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure: Preparations & Arrival Day 1: The Adventure Begins
Art and I are off on another adventure! This opportunity came to us one evening while we were editing photos. Our desks are side by side in our study, and an email chimed into our inbox. We read the email announcing that Backcountry Gallery had 2 cancellations for their Costa Rica Wildlife Photography Workshop. We…
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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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