Daily Dose of Beauty: Borneo Big and Small

Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photography from my archives, shared with you as we all shelter in place. April 1st, 2020 When J and I ventured from the beach into the jungle at Bako National Park in Borneo, it only took a

Daily Dose of Beauty, March 25th

Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. March 25th, 2020 Quick! How many grizzly bears are in the first picture? Are you sure? Grrrrrrotcha! I’m pretty sure this duo of ursa major and ursa minor are the same pair from yesterday’s post. Both have similar coloring and if

Daily Dose of Beauty, March 23rd

  Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. March 23rd, 2020 Today we arrive in Bella Coola, British Columbia in the vast country of Canada. Flying in, we see a glacier field inching its way to lower elevations where the thaw will release its contents into the many

A Grizzly Weekend in Bella Coola

We depart for Bella Coola from the south terminal of Vancouver International Airport, where the old-school spirit of travel is alive and well. We’re aboard a twenty-seat prop plane but we never cleared security and our bags were never x-rayed. We’re flying into the wilderness on the honor system — something that feels uniquely Canadian and appropriate for the weekend.

A Quest to See Killer Whales

We were very lucky on our quest to see killer whales yesterday. We spotted quite a few of them, just south of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, not too far from the shoreline at the airport. Sockeye salmon are spawning right now — heading toward the Fraser River — but they have to get past all of these killers

Snow Monkeys of Japan

If you’re visiting Japan, thumbs up for the snow monkeys. Take the train from Nagano to Yudanaka station. Inquire at the information desk outside, and you’ll be politely directed to the bus for Kanbayashi. Once there, walk two kilometers down the trail to Jigokudani Monkey Park. If you’re visiting in winter, wear some boots — the snow-covered trail is quite

Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist

Minimal view, maximum danger in Sri Lanka. Yala National Park displays a robust ecosystem full of predators and prey. With leopards and crocodiles, and even the occasional angry elephant, it doesn’t take long to understand why you should never set foot outside your safari vehicle, no matter how beautiful the view. All entries in this week’s photo challenge are posted

A Barrel of Monkeys at Bako

Bako National Park sits on a tiny peninsula of Borneo, north of Kuching. To get there we caught a speedboat at the riverside jetty of the nearby village. We skimmed down the river, past mangrove forests into the confluence of the Sungai Tabo and the South China Sea. Fishermen were out for the morning catch — some with nets and