On the other side of the small creek are 10 lion cubs, running through the grass. I am disappointed we are on the wrong side, until they paw closer and settle in with three female lions ... about 30 feet from the Land Rover. On this morning, the…
I don't care I am wearing the ugliest men's work shirt, i love this photo more every time I see it. Mirko (back), Tessa and Dominic (thumbs up!) were great Amazon-mates, excited about everything and willing to do anything even when that me…
8.17.14 I wake up to someone chewing in my ear. It is pitch black. No one is beside me. They chew again. I lay there with my eyes closed for another second, listening to the jaws gnaw, over and over. No birds are singing. It is late, and not so e…
Sometimes there's perks of being a Squirrel Bladder, as my friends call me. Pee a lot in exotic places, and you find some of the best locations for using the potty in all the world. Like this one. Stay tuned for more adventures of Squirrel Bla…
I have a photo album called “Good places I have eaten lunch.” Clearly, this hippo pool in the Masai Mara reserve will be in it. But it was breakfast, and it was fantastic. Hippos are way more massive when you see them in their environment. I keep…
My guide in Selenkay Conservancy, (awesome Porini Adventure Camp) Wilson, took a photo of me jumping for the joy of life at the lookout in Amboseli National Park, with Mt. Kilimanjaro towering off to our right behind the clouds, and elephant and ze…
Hello from Kenya! These guys are Big John and Jackson (guess who is who), my guides at Lion Camp. They are Masai. The safari outfit employs 98 percent of its staff as Masai tribes people, and their camps are on Masai owned conservancies. This is w…
I posted a photo on CNN's Travel Photo of the Day, from Machu Picchu on the winter solstice, June 21. Click here to see it on CNN [http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1148796] and read the description, and let's garner some views and "fav…
We went on a hike to La Pita waterfall today and just across a creek crossing ran into a worker line of leaf-cutter ants, marching across the trail balancing a piece of leaf on their backs. Single file, they can carry 50x their body weight on thei…
