About a year and a half ago, CNN correspondent Bruce Holmes came up with a list of 10 of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries. Purely by…
Author: Bob Ramsak
Today’s Catch in Manta, Ecuador: Banned Sharks Netted ‘Legally’
Manta, Ecuador – Shark fishing is illegal in Ecuador but a loophole allows fisherman to legally sell sharks that end up in their nets. The…
Punched in the Crotch by a 4 1/2 Foot Tall Woman in Potosi
I was punched in the crotch yesterday by a four and a half foot tall woman here in Potosí. I’m assuming that it wasn’t some…
Upland Goose! (Chloephaga picta)
For my small (but growing!) collection of Andean bird shots, here are a few images of an Upland goose aka Magellan goose, a Chloephaga picta…
A Park at the Planet’s Edge: Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego National Park
If this scene reminds you of what the edge of the world might look like, it’s because it’s close. This is the view over Lapataia…
All the World’s a Page – 13 snaps from the El Ateneo Bookstore
Visiting El Ateneo, a majestic former theater converted into a gorgeous bookstore in downtown Buenos Aires, really was on my List of Things to See…
Trebević Mountain Polka
Catching up on last month’s visit to Sarajevo, here’s a four-minute high speed stroll down the 1984 Olympic bobsled run on Trebević Mountain. Apologies for…
Sarajevo Notebook – timelapses
I’ve wanted to visit Sarajevo since I was about six, when I first read in our home encyclopedia about how World War I started in…