People in Bogota cross themselves. A lot. And not only when I was passing by or when they were passing by me.
Continue readingAt the Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Bogota’s Candy Cane Church
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Perito Moreno Glacier’s Rapid Retreat
When I visited the Perito Moreno glacier in 2013, it was one of the few glaciers in the Americas, and in the world, that was not retreating. It was stable and in some years expanding. That’s no longer the case.
53 photos of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Continue readingHat and Bag Peddler, Quito, May 2015
Main Entrance, Cartagena Cathedral
Lottery Ticket Vendors, Quito
Last Hope Rainbow, Chile
The remnant of an early morning rainbow over the Seno Última Esperanza, or Last Hope Sound, not far from Puerto Natales, Chile, in southern Patagonia.
Continue readingDark-bellied Cinclodes, in Patagonia
Doll Sellers, Potosi
When shooting the streets, keep your eyes wide open for quiet moments in a crowd. They’re there if you look; if you look really hard and remain patient, they might even find themselves among your favorite images. And more importantly, among your most memorable travel moments.
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Imperial Cormorant, in Chilean Patagonia
Costco Triptych, Ohio
Andean Avocet, in Bolivia
Lago Acigami, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina
About that time I contracted cholera on the Pan-Am highway.
A look back on the occasion of my 34th cholera-versary. Quite likely your most enjoyable five-minute read of the day.
Continue readingA Crab in its Shell, San Blas
Beachcombing in the San Blas Islands
Shells, trees and trash.
That’s primarily what you’ll find if you spend any time beachcombing on any of the 370 small islands that make up the San Blas Islands, or Guna Yala, the archipelago off of Panama’s Caribbean coast. Lots of the former and too much of the latter.
Continue readingThe Cotacachi Volcano and the Promise of Love
A tale, short and sweet, related to the mythology of this Ecuadorean volcano that pierces the sky nearly 5,000 meters above a village that bears its name.
Continue readingStrolling With Magellanic Penguins on Martillo Island
A visit to an island colony that’s the seasonal home for more than 3,000 pairs of mating Magellanic Penguins.
Continue readingCTV: Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from other birds
Exactly what the headline says.
“When we are aware of what is happening around us there is so much potential to come together and beautiful things can happen.”
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25 Photos From the Saturday Market in Otavalo, Ecuador
Capturing the never-ending dialogue between the present and the past in South America largest indigenous market.
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