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Antarctica
Tracking Wild Dogs in Botswana
Wild dogs are one of the rarest mammals in Africa: there are only about 5000 left. They were never plentiful to start with, but recently their numbers have collapsed due to habitat loss, vermin extermination campaigns and canine distemper. … Continue reading
IN QUEST OF PLATINUM MEDALLION IN AUSTRALIA
One travels to Australia for many reasons–the reefs, the deserts, the rainforests, the animals…but I went there to earn my Delta Platinum Medallion for 2011. Shallow? Yes. Frivolous? Certainly…but when I read that a flight to Sydney could be had … Continue reading
Australia
It is not just Crocodile Dundee and Dame Edna… Continue reading
Indonesia
Indonesia is a jeweled necklace around the neck of the Asian sub-continent… Continue reading
Indonesia-Reach the Beach
Seriously, if this is your idea of a beach vacation, stay home. From the US, getting there is tough to say the least and there are plenty of closer beaches. If, on the other hand, you have an interest in meeting … Continue reading
Cumberland Island, Georgia or “How I camped in Hell and lived to tell the tale”
Heat, humidity, water with a slight sulfur taste—surely this is a foretaste of hell. However, none of the biblical warnings prepared me for the mosquitoes! Sitting under the canopy of tangled Live Oak branches at Sea Camp, I wondered what … Continue reading