Colombia: final post
Water hole wonders. Leaving Juan Solito we drove the entire day. It took us nearly 6 hours to Yopal: The guys at the reserve say they make the drive in 3…can’t imagine how they do that, although we did stop...
Colombia: Chapter 4
I’m going to spend the entirety of this chapter talking about an amazing private nature reserve owned by the Berragán family on the banks of the Ariporo River on the plains of eastern Colombia…the Ecolodge Juan Solito. It’s located in...
COLOMBIA: Chapter 3
According to Google directions we were supposed to leave El Paujil, drive north to Cimitarra and have only a few more hours until we reached Villa de Leyva. Ho, ho, ho. There is no road north of El Paujil: so...
Colombia: Chapter 2
Green mountains of the interior, east of Medellín. Note: This post is formatted for a narrow screen. Pull sides in if pictures are wildly out of order. Back to Colombia. Getting our rental car turned into an ordeal not to...
Cartagena, Colombia
Flag of Colombia I chose Colombia for our winter escape because the country has more species of birds than any other in the world. It also has a diversity of climate and altitude unmatched by any but a few other...
Down the Inside Passage: Ketchikan
Overnight ferry to Ketchikan Ketchikan is a town of mixed blessings. It’s the biggest city on the temperate rainforest island of Revillagigedo…the fifth largest city in Alaska. The Alaska Marine Highway ferries stop here to disgorge a number of tourists,...
Down the Inside Passage: Petersburg
Leaving Haines. The Alaska highways ferry was ten hours late, so instead of leaving in the middle of the night and getting to spend a couple of hours looking around Sitka, we dozed through Sitka in sleeping bags on deck...
Haines, Alaska
Young trumpeter swan In order to drive to Haines, at the northern end of the panhandle, from the bulk of Alaska, one needs to re-enter the Yukon, pass through a section of British Columbia and eventually get back to Alaska....
Arctic Ocean or Bust, Chapter 3
Along the Dempster In the last blog post I left us parked in a gravel pit just short of the Yukon/NWT boundary. We’d attempted a walk on the muskeg, but gave up and walked the road back to the camper…where...
Arctic Ocean or Bust, Chapter 2
Dawson City to the Arctic Circle Welcome to Dawson City Coming from the south one passes the Dempster Highway turn-off before reaching Dawson City. Don’t turn there! Continue to Dawson for two important information centers. A big official one with...