Hello all. I last wrote a week ago upon reaching Siem Reap, which lies in the central western part of Cambodia. Siem Reap is just a few kilometers south of the ancient capital of what became known as Angkor, and the seat of power during the Angkorian Empire (800-1200AD) and the subsequent fragmentation and decline … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last reported from Can Tho, Vietnam, but had not yet visited the great Floating Market. Cai Rang, on a channel of the Mekong River, boasts the largest floating market in the Mekong Delta. I had hired a boatman and large boat for the 40 minute trip upriver, and left Can Tho before … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last reported from Kampot, Cambodia. I stayed in Kampot another day, and got to witness a wedding march past my hotel during breakfast. I revisited the Popokvil Falls in Bokor National Park where I finally had some luck finding interesting birds. My luck held. I arranged for transportation via a driver and … Click to View Photos & Read More →
I last reported 11 days ago from Phnom Penh after visiting the Silver Pagoda and Wat Phnom. Since, I have traveled first to Sihanoukville and then to Kampot, both on the southern coast. Before leaving Phnom Penh I spent a couple of mornings trying to photograph birds in the park around Wat Phnom, and spent … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I left my home in Tucson 5am Jan 1 and arrived at the hotel in Phnom Penh close to midnight Jan 2 – 29 hours of actual travel plus crossing 10 time zones. Because I traveled West, with the sun, the entire trip occurred in one very very long day (crossing the international dateline accounts … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last reported on visiting Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. From Bryce I drove just a little over an hour to the little town of Glendale, UT, where I stayed for a few days to catch up on mail, and visited Zion National Park. Like Bryce Canyon (and Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon and the … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Weed, CA. after visiting Crater Lake NP in Oregon. Since then I have driven across the Northeast corner of California, across Nevada on Hwy 50, and into Utah to Bryce Canyon. I first stopped for a few days to visit the little known Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Consisting of a set … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last reported from Mt Rainier in Washington, but had not yet visited the Park. Mt Rainier is simply a stunning sight traveling southeast from Tacoma. At well over 14,000 feet and at a high latitude, it’s volcanic peak is covered with glaciers. I spent 5 days, splitting the time at two small … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last wrote from Calgary over 2 weeks ago. I returned to Glacier NP for another couple of days, but could not find again my two young grizzly bears. I did spot a large grizzly, up on a mountain side, walk over to a long mound of snow and lie with its legs … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. It has been almost 3 weeks since last I wrote from Livingston, Montana. I have not had internet access sufficient for email the last 11 days. I stayed in Livingston 3 days, photographed local birds and recovered from the 10 days of partial isolation in Yellowstone. From Livingston I traveled just a short … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I last wrote from Thermopolis where I last had internet access. Eleven days ago I drove from there through Cody and up into Yellowstone National Park; it is my first visit back in the Park since the 1960s. Things have changed. Gone are the days of easy black bear sightings along most roads … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I am about ready to head north into Yellowstone Park, and don’t expect to have email access for some time, so thought I would send this update. I last wrote from Custer, SD; I drove from Custer across into Wyoming and up to the small town of Sundance. It was in Sundance in … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I have visited the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and currently am visiting Custer State Park and the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. It has been cold, overcast and/or windy every day since last I wrote from Itasca State Park in MN. A little over a week ago I drove … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. I am on the road again. After 12 years of mostly international travel (a few trips to the 4-corners area of the US), I decided it was time to revisit much of North America. I last visited most of the states in the 1960s. I have purchased new, from the manufacturer, a tiny … Click to View Photos & Read More →