Antarctica Experience (Feb, 2023)
Our upcoming trip is with Seabourn on their new Venture Ship. We're scheduled to visit Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
Love, Polar Bear Style
What comes to mind when you think about a polar bear? Smart? Bears are known to be very smart with a long memory. Large? Females [...]
The Story of the Lilac Breasted Roller
The Lilac Breasted Roller, LBR to those in the know, is one of the most beautiful birds on the planet, indigenous to the southern portions [...]
Kalahari San Peoples
Part of visiting another country is understanding their culture, their roots. We ate home-cooked German-Namibian foods (not so good), obeyed their laws (car guards, squirt [...]
Quiver Trees
The German Empire ruled Namiba from 1884 to 1915, calling it "German South West Africa". In typical German fashion, they established a strict set of [...]
Big Cats of the Kalahari
The Kalahari Desert conjures up images of red sand dunes, dry rivers, wispy grasses, and BIG cats. Although the Kalahrai Park is now called the [...]
The Black Rhino
Black Rhinoceros or Hook-Lipped Rhinoceros or Diceros bicornis. It does not matter what you call it, it is immense, not black, has two horns, and [...]
At the Waterhole
It was mid-day, hot, arid, needing a break, we decided to rest at one of Etosha's waterholes. We had stopped a few waterholes during our [...]
Iceland in Black and White
We planned our trip to Iceland for June when there is the maximum amount of beautiful golden light. Since the sun never gets too low [...]