Birds of the Okavango Delta
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there's a plethora of bird life that's easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there's a plethora of bird life that's easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
This is the second in a three part series on Florida's unique Everglades ecosystem. The first part focused on the Cypress forests of the Everglades, which you read about here. This post deals with a visit to the coastal...
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It's in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour's drive east of beautiful Banff...
Dramatically colored clouds, looking thick enough to touch, split the blue sky over the Oslofjord in Norway on a summer afternoon. And a more serene view of clouds from above, shortly before landing in Mexico City.
The Ring of Kerry is a loop drive that circles the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry. It's just 110 miles (176 km) long but is not a fast drive as it's narrow and winding. And there's lots of beautiful scenery and historic...
Situated in Western Australia, Nambung National Park is well known for its eroded rock columns, known as "The Pinnacles". It's a fascinating desert landscape, yellow sand with thousands of these erect limestone pillars like a stone...
Even a non-artist like me can make you think of the desert with just a few squiggles of a felt-tip marker. See above? I did it already…and what does the trick is that everyone has seen the image forever, even though the cactus in the...
The Everglades is a fascinating and unique place -- a broad shallow river slowly moving to the sea and covering a large portion of southwestern Florida in a thin layer of water. Mostly the Everglades is characterized by its "River of...
Despite some very thoughtful and educated guesses by our readership, Gumbo was elusive this time around. Gumbo was traveling with some biologists in southern Australia (Kangaroo Island to be precise) and was fascinated to see this baby...
The phrase “most beautiful in the world” is batted about with relative ease. I've heard it used to describe dogs, cats, flowers, homely children and assorted celebrities. Always it denotes something special to...
As recognized by PortMoresby and correctly pinpointed by Worker Bee, Gumbo was at Lake Coeur d'Alene in the Idaho panhandle, just outside the small city of Coeur d'Alene. Original Puzzle HERE He was enjoying this whimsical statue of...
For most travelers, the southwestern corner of Washington state is easy to bypass. It lies well over an hour’s drive from the busy I-5 Interstate Freeway. The broad mouth of the Columbia River limits access from the Oregon...
Sri Lanka is intimately tied to the sea. As a tropical island, only a few degrees north latitude of the equator, there are dozens of lovely warm beaches by which you can relax.
West Lake is a 6.5 square kilometer freshwater lake situated in my hometown city of Hangzhou, in eastern China. Unlike the towering high rises and skyscrapers of its neighboring city, Shanghai, Hangzhou is famous for its natural beauty.
Yala is the most visited National Park in Sri Lanka. It’s remotely situated in the southeast corner of the country, a long day’s drive from Colombo and even from the central Hill Country, and covers almost 1000 square kilometers.