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Evighedsfjorden Fiord
A couple of administrative thoughts before I get to today’s wonderful activities. I am writing this blog on a laptop. If you are viewing it on a phone or a tablet, please use landscape (sideways) viewing. It will format much better! Please leave your name when you comment on your posts. Unless you have a…
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An Arctic Adventure
Eleven years ago, I visited Antarica with my sister Shirley. We fell in love with its wide expanses, its mountains rising right out of the ocean, its pristine landscape and, of course, its penguins. If you like, you can read my Antarica blog here. I decided at the time that I would have to visit…
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Sri Lanka Safari Round-up
There’s more to a wildlife safari than taking photos of birds and beasts and I’m going to fill you in on what goes on behind the photos I post. First of all, I can’t heap enough praise on Backcountry Journeys and guide Casey Cooper Mannes. I can’t imagine a better run photography tour. Casey also…
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Kumana National Park
Our final location on this trip was Kumana National Park on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka. We stayed at a small safari lodge – Wild Edge – which uses local ingredients in cooking, etc. It was more on the minimal side in terms of housing, but the people running it were friendly and accommodating.…
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Kurulu Eco Park
We travelled south from Wilpattu National Park to the Kurulu Eco Park today which took about 2.5 hours. We’re staying only one night in this area because the Eco Park is small and elephants are really the only attraction. Once one has taken 300 photos of elephants, who needs more? After settling in at the…
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Wilpattu National Park
Wilpattu National Park – what an amazing place! The name of the Backcountry Journeys tour I am on is Kings of the Jungle: Leopards and Sloth Bears. Casey warned us not to expect to run into leopards and sloth bears right away. Sometimes they can be elusive. But what happened on the first afternoon? We…
