Blooms in Butchart Gardens
Just a quick photo post today, this one from the famous Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. I liked the droplets of water speckling this tulip surrounded by dainty white flowers.
Just a quick photo post today, this one from the famous Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. I liked the droplets of water speckling this tulip surrounded by dainty white flowers.
Few places are as lonely as Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America. This isolated headland on Hornos Island marks the northern edge of the Drake Passage, a treacherous body of water that was the bane of many a ship before the construction of the Panama Canal. “Rounding the Horn” meant battling strong …
I decided to visit the hilltop town of Ronda, Spain, because I’d heard it was one of the most beautiful of Andalucía’s pueblos blancos, or white towns, and because it was fairly easy to access en route from Córdoba to Granada. But my choice turned out to be serendipitous in a way I hadn’t anticipated: My …
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It was the first day of my Namibian safari to Etosha National Park and Damaraland with Wilderness Safaris. We had checked into our first camp, Andersson’s Camp in the private Ongava Game Reserve adjacent to Etosha, a few hours earlier and were out for our first game drive. Ongava is known for its resident populations …
I just returned from leading a tour in Cuba, where my group had the opportunity to see the world’s smallest bird, the bee hummingbird. As its name suggests, this miniscule flier is scarcely bigger than a bumblebee. Its Spanish name, zunzuncito, captures something of the whirring of its tiny wings as it darts through the air …