For once I managed to actually get up for a sunrise. Unfortunately due to the location there wasn’t actually a sunrise to see. Huanchaco sits very near the point where the Humboldt Current rises from the Antarctic and the California current coming from the north meet. The confluence of currents causes an almost every day […]
Day 63 : The Amazon Jungle
The mornings activity saw us head upriver past the point where we had left the truck and onward to a curve in the river where we disembarked to start a nature walk in the jungle. Our guide was Fausto, a knowledgeable and friendly local man. For a few hours we slowly walked and every now […]
Day 55 : Gal?pagos (Cerro Drag?n on Isla Santa Cruz, Isla R?bida)
The view to Isla Santa Cruz Exploring the boat: the sun loungers Breakfast was at 7am and I was up before this having a good look around the boat and checking out the view. The nights travel had bought us around Isla Santa Cruz so we were now moored off the north western coast of […]
Day 42 : Monteverde
Keryn and I had signed up for a busy day of activities and this started with an early morning guided cloud forest walk. The taxi picked us all up (we were joined by Pat and Miriam) at 7am and whisked us to the Reserva Biol?gica Boqu Nuboso Monteverde which is a private reserve which protects […]
Day 41 : Ometepe to Monteverde
It was time to leave Nicaragua and head down to Costa Rica. One of the vans taking us to the dock was a bit late, a sign of things to come. The trip to the dock was good, we passed heavy machinery starting to clean up some of the slips we had crossed on the […]
Day 23 : Tikal
We needed to get up early to give us time to get to Tikal and get into position for sunrise. We would be viewing from Temple 4, the largest temple at Tikal at the west of the site, perfectly placed to watch the sun rise over the jungle and protruding temple tops. Our guide and […]
Day 3 : Puebla
There was only to be one night in Puebla so Juan-Pablo had suggested that we leave early to ensure a full days visit. This meant leaving the hotel at 5am so the early morning found the group piling into three taxis for the short trip to the bus station. We weren’t expecting much from the […]
A day on the Bruce Peninsula
After the storm of last night we were not expecting a warm or sunny day so we took our time to leave the B&B this morning. It was getting on for midday by the time we left and drove off towards the beautifully named Half Way Dump. Arriving at the Half Way Dump (which is […]
The Eye
The people who own the London Eye are hosting a photography competition linked to the forthcoming 25 millionth visitor milestone. People have to upload photos that involve the Eye and winners will be chosen to receive prizes (unspecified on the website, identified as cameras and other items on other sites). I already have some nice […]
Haven’t done one of these in a while
Here is a photo of tonight’s Sunset taken from work. Sunset 25th January 2007
The sunset heralds the coming of spring
After a few weeks of snowy weather we’re now coming into an ever-so-slightly warmer patch which probably means rain I guess. March is also the month were we see a lot of live bands, currently lined up as Missy Higgins supporting Ray LaMontagne, Rilo Kiley, The Finn Brothers and Garbage all followed by Dead Can […]
Sunset
There was a nice sunset tonight