A sunny day in the Costa Rican rain forest
I knew when we signed up for this tour that we would arrive too late in the morning (and in too large of a group) to see much in the way of wildlife and that Read More …
Category: Mexico, South & Central America
Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about Mexico, as well as South and Central America. Areas covered include the Mexican Yucatan, Peru, Ecuador, and more.
Costa Rica Through the Bus Window
Except for our rain forest tour, we will have no opportunity to get out and explore Costa Rica at all, so I have to content myself with what I can see from the bus window. Read More …
Kuna Yala
Tahiti to Florida cruise
Through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal
Going through the Panama Canal is a slow process. The Bridge of the Americas ?? marks the entrance to the canal and everyone is trying to get a look at it – something that is Read More …
Panama (I Mean Ecuador) Hats
Did you know that Panama hats area actually from Ecuador? I didn’t. But that’s just one of the things we learned at a hat factory. Tahiti to Florida cruise
Rather random thoughts related to urban form in Lima
Ah, Lima. Once again I am leaving here with regret, leaving without being able to capture the essence of this place. I know my pictures will have an odd green-gray cast to them that I Read More …
Casa Garcia Alvarado in Lima, Peru
Lima was once a center of wealth and power in South America and, as such, was crowded with fine colonial mansions. Earthquakes, time, and changing economic conditions have taken their toll and few of these Read More …
Love Park (Parque del Amor) in Lima, Peru
In Miraflores the upscale residential towers surge toward the coastline, halted just short of the ocean’s edge by the Parque del Amor – Love Park. The park was designed by the Peruvian artist Victor Delfín Read More …
The cloister at Santo Domingo in Lima, Peru
We walk to the convent at the Church of Santo Domingo. While it is only a few short blocks from the plaza, I have not visited this place before and am surprised when we turn Read More …
Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru
One of my favorite places in Lima is the Plaza Mayor (also known as the Plaza de Armas). It is quiet here now, quiet different from the scene last night. This is the historic core Read More …