Patagonia Sur Photo Gallery December 2019 Hiking Ushuaia’s foresta fun one to sendPosting a card from the southernmost postbox in the worldCoastal walk at Tierra Del Feugo National ParkThe kids took this shotwalk along the Beagle Channelevery weather nearing midsummerthe rare Cauquena less than cheerful summer treemeeting eachother at Rancho Tercerra Barnaca at Torres del Painelate summer light in Patagoniaa grey fox comes to the meadowthe Torres Del Paine peak through the cloudsevidence of puma though we didn’t see oneOur view across the valleyhiking around the ranchThe Paine massifshooting the photographerwe did use their guanaco trailever-changing Patagonian lightNjordskold lake fallsLago Nordskold, Torres del Paine National Park, Chileour reward for the Base de los Torres del Paineimpressive spiresplanning holidays on the roadlong solstice shadows in El CalafatePerito Mereno glacier, one of the few stable glaciers in the southern ice fieldscalving ice cracks like lighteningcruising along the massive wallChristmas morning in El Chaltenkeeping it simpleheading up the Fitz Roy Laguna de los Tres trailSiri’s wish – to play in snowwhat you can’t see is the vento Patigonico nearly blowing Haakon off the bluffevery turn with a vast vistaWow – that is an impressive itinerary!still hopping puddlesroad-trippinBeunos Aires at the Frost gaucho knife workshopBeunos Aires street artlooking hipSiri composed this one; I wonder what she thinks of her mother?New Years; peddling around Bosque del PalermoHappy 2020!
Patagonia Norte Photo Gallery December 2019 Boarding the overnight ferry to Chaiten at Puerto MontAlerce swinging bridge Alerce forest at Pumlin Douglas National PArkShoots and ladders towering fiddleheadsjuerasic sized foliagemaking footprints togetherliking the amazing lichensPumalin Douglas National ParkGazing at glacierssunny night out christmas shopping for a new jacketBariloche lake district vistasfeeling on top of the worldEnduro biking at Cerro Catedralan awesome day for a ridethanks Esteban at Mountain StoreSiri getting in the saddleriding along beutiful ridgelinesand lake shoresand farmsteadsmore tasety asada than we could manage
Peru Photo Gallery November 2019 Our view of CuscoBasilica doorstaditional dance competition on Plaza del ArmasQorikancha inside the Inglesia De Santo DomingoStriking lines of symetryThe streets of San Blas neighborhoodcolorful street vendorsSan Pedro fruit vendorsSan Pedro tailor stallLocal cheeseSpanish and Inca walls in CuscoSacsayhuaman lightning bolt shaped wallThe masonry is impressivecan you imagin moving and carving these?masonry on a non-human scalethe historical site lawn mowing crewdrinking like the localsThe fertile Sacred ValleyIn the Pisac sun temple high above the valley floorPisac archeological siteHiking down to the town of Pisaca picture worth every sol in pisacA doorway at the Zurite home-stayin the courtyard of our Zurite Homestayour gracious hostess dishing upthe adobe stovequinoa stew and cornZurite streetstilling the soilstriking up a good harvest rhythmnot office work for surechoclo and farm cheesegrazing ancient terracestemple to the moon at Quillamarkamisty pastoral morningQuillamarka – niches with “idols”Quillamarka waterwwaysThe Hummingbird TerraceMoray terraces for agricultural learningbuilt to test best growing conditions for cropsa beautiful laboratorythe ancient salt mines of MarasMachu Picchu gaurdianSacred cave below the sun templeA beautiful day at Machu PicchuThe Condor, the Jaguar and the Serpentthe Incan streets of Olantaytambo See those stones way at the top?the massive hewn stones of the temple at OlantaytamboThe granary
Costa Rica Photo Gallery Sweet Villas Espavel welcomeJungle Swing over our streamrefreshing in our poolarriving at Spanish schooltoo cool for school at Interculturaalluring view from school gardenPlaya SamaraSamara PoniesEstudiamos espanolWalking to school some daysGreen season in a jungle = wettoo easy to lose a flip floptry agua de pipa friagrocery run to Samara OrganicsIsla Chora and the mouth of Samara baytrail to playa IsquerdaHaakon surfing the Samara surf day 1Siri surfer chickpinapple shaved ice – yumChilling with new friendsEn Classe con prf Irishigh school cultural exchange at the best – Soda la Perlahanging out with new friendsglobetrotter gathering spotby the old banana plantations in Osagood to know though hard to readFerry through the Sierpe mangrovesa fairly dry wet landingJungal Del Jaguar hangoutNo tapir todayPuravidaExploring waterfalls,and cavesThe best way to watch a sunsetnature walk in Jungla raina walking palm will move to lightmake your own captionTropical topical lit Fer de lance outside our cabin – yikes!one of the capichin troupe of the dayexploring creatures in the tidal swimming pool10,000 year old tested methodSiri making Monkey Milk scraping coconut milk from scratchvisitng the bats in this treethe much loved 3-toed slothanteater “in overalls”that spider monkey tailjust like Mr NielsenSan Jose street art – coolal barbero start with cacao podsgrinding cacao with the matatespicy drinking cacao September-October 2019
Photos from Monteverde Ziplining and Escondido Valley walk AG zipping through the forestMGzipping through the Monteverde canopyhanging in thereMark heading outSiri zipping alongready to dropnice and easyHaakon set to dropAG looking ready to rappelin 5in 4in 3in 2Superman pose over longest line, what a view Valley Escondido view of gulf of Nicoya from Monteverdea small portion of the white nosed Coati troop