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The Interior of Alaskan Life 7: Curtains of aurora borealis over a blanket of...
Photographer Greg Syverson shot this photo at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 16/17 2013. Prudhoe Bay is one of the larger oil fields on Alaska’s North Slope. I was pretty fascinated by this photo when I...
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Galápagos Islands: Travel to Genovesa Island (Tower Island), the land of boobies
A cruise that visits Genovesa Island in the Galápagos Islands is one worth considering. Genovesa Island is home to all three species of boobies found in the Galápagos Islands. Breeding times are the...
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Introducing: Birdwatching the highlands and the lowlands of Ecuador
Complete birding tour of Ecuador With your guide, Sandra, you are going to experience some excellent birding. Sandra knows her birds as well as their habitats. She has an incredible sense for the...
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Ecuador: Las Cajas National Park high in the Andes Mountains
Cajas National Park located high in the Andes above Cuenca, Ecuador is an excellent, well organized park worthy of several day treks or even a week long backpacking journey. The trails are well marked...
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Deep Sea Fishing in Alaska (Kenai Peninsula)
It’s the time of year when recreational sport fishing in Alaska really takes off again. Here are a few photos of a recreational fishing trip I made with friends two years ago. Here we are with hands...
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A Couple Great Stops on the Alaskan Highway
Reblogged from funlovingliving: The Alaskan Highway is beautiful, but also very long. Therefore, it is great that there is plenty to see and a couple great stops along the road. The Liard River Hot...
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Six Things to do in Fairbanks, Alaska
Congratulations, you’ve either made it to Alaska or have a plan and are looking for things to do in Fairbanks, Alaska. Here are a few places that I think are going to give you a really good feel for...
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Places to stay in Mindo, Ecuador
There are a variety of accommodations in Mindo, Ecuador spanning all budgets. I will say the best in town option is El Descanso (currently 18usd w/ breakfast). Rodney, is a superb host and he keeps a...
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The Interior of Alaskan Life 9: The Nenana Ice Classic or Alaska’s lottery….
The Nenana Ice Classic is a lottery based on the closest guess as to when the Tanana River will “go out” or break up. A tripod is placed on the Tanana River at the village of Nenena where it is...
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What is Happenning in Istanbul?
Reblogged from İnsanlik Hali: To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because at the...
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The Interior of Alaska Life 11: Summer solstice
Happy summer solstice from Fairbanks, Alaska where we sit at 22 hours of daylight today. It has not been dark in over a month. This photo was taken during “the night” at Minto Flats which lies north...
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Reflecting on change since my first trip to South America
Traveling in South America, to ME, has changed dramatically in the interim years between my first trip there in 1999-2000 and my trip there in 2012-2013. I noticed some of these changed during my 2009...
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Check out our 7 most popular posts…
Photography,travel, BBQ, FARC, parks, biking, aurora borealis, boobies, and wine… After a year of posting I thought I would share the top 7 posts on the blog. I want to thank all of the growing...
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Canning Copper River Red Salmon, Alaska
Reblogged from Interior Builder: This is a brief and simple introduction to my basic method for canning Copper River and/ or Kenai Red Salmon. First, buy this book. "Cooking Alaskan" by Alaskans will...
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What’s to see in Nairobi?
I arrived in Nairobi late Sunday night and took a stroll into town in the morning…Inspirational seating Weird churches Friendly police (they were). Towering trees full of storks! Business people...
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Best economical hotel in Gondar, Ethiopia- The L-Shape Hotel
The L-Shape Hotel has comfy rooms with balconies for 230 birr. Each floor has its own router for wifi which you can use in your room. The food is some of the best I have had in Ethiopia. There is...
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Bedbugs on the march!
Bahir dar, Ethiopia, is allegedly a great place to relax after traveling Ethiopia for a while. I don’t find it that way for several reasons and last night gave me another. As I lay awake at midnight...
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I ain’t Lion, the Masai Mara is the place to take a safari!
A friend and great ape conservationist in Fairbanks, Holly Carrol, told me that the Masai Mara is a good place to bang out your safari, probably bag all the animals. I have always wanted to do safari...
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