South Africa Day 5: Kruger National Park
Monday, April 27, 2015

Today was our first safari day at Kruger National Park – South Africa’s largest wildlife refuge. We left the Protea Hazyview Hotel at 6 a.m. and entered the…
Today was our first safari day at Kruger National Park – South Africa’s largest wildlife refuge. We left the Protea Hazyview Hotel at 6 a.m. and entered the…
On the bus to Hazyview in Mpumalanga: Today was moving day. We traveled most of the day by bus from Johannesburg to Mpumalanga along the Panorama Route. Once…
From the lobby bar of the InterContinental Hotel: Today we saw Africa in transition, from a wild life reserve dedicated to protecting indigenous species to the changing face…
From Johannesburg: After a slightly delayed departure from London last night, we arrived on Johannesburg about 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning. We passed through customs, stopped for coffee…
After Shannon and Peter’s delicious dinner last night in Melrose (margaritas and chicken and shrimp tortillas!) we were up early this morning to meet the group at Logan…
Onboard Jet Blue flight 456 to Boston: Off on another adventure with Dr. Craven and the travelers from Milford HS. As usual, I spent a good part of…
As usual this took too long to finish!! But a year and a half after our trip here is the video for the 2013 Galápagos Islands adventure.
This week I’m in Las Vegas attending the Photoshop World 2013 conference for several days of photography and Lightroom workshops – starting today with Flight Training for Photographers….
Two weeks after returning from the Galápagos Islands Adventure I’m finally done transferring the trip photo and video files from the SD cards to the computer. The transfer…
Our departure from Quito is at 6 a.m. so we leave the hotel at 2:30 a.m. for the one hour bus ride to Quito’s new airport. After the…
After a week on the Galapagos Islands we are slowing making our way home. We left the Hotel Las Palmeros at 7:30 a.m. for the bus trip halfway…
I’m writing today’s blog entry on the Neptune, the powerboat we are taking as we move eastward on a 2.5 hour trip from Isabela Island to Santa Cruz…
I got up early and started the day with a walk through the small town of Puerto Villamil here on Isabel Island. After breakfast at the Hotel Sandrita,…
Today we started early thanks to the rooster in the yard across from the hotel that decided 4 a.m. was a good time to get up. After breakfast…
A busy day in Galápagoss. We started with a two hour power boat trip across very rolling seas from San Cristobal to Santa Cruz Island. Once on Santa…