Flights of fancy
Bird photos shot at the dockside at the Aviario Naciional, and at the exit from the cruise terminal in Cartagena, Columbia.
Category: Vacations and Trips
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Dance like a Butterfly
Mary-Jo and Anna wanted more beach time and I wanted more photo time, so we took a cab to Eagle beach in Aruba, and then I went on to the Butterfly farm. I was able to take as much time as I wanted to get as many shots as necessary without boring everyone silly, and […]
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Just as the sun was rising
One of my cruise strategies is to get as much exercise as possible when I’m not sitting in the sun, eating, drinking or doing anything else. OK, so that’s not a perfect strategy, but there’s a reason they call these thing “vacations”, you know? Anyway, just about every morning, I did manage to get out […]
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On Reflection
We had 11 days on a ship in the sun in February, and brought back the photos to prove it. These are the “touristy” photos, the ones with us in them and the snapshots from traipsing around the towns near the ship’s docking. I also have a bunch more artsy-fartsy photos of sunrises and sunsets, […]
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Sun arise, early in the mornin’
Every morning I was up around sunrise and out on the walking track to do my laps. If I remembered to take my small camera with me in my fanny pack, it pretty much guaranteed there would be no colour in the sky, or thick clouds, and if I forgot my camera, there would be spectacular […]
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The Birds of Cartagena
A short walk from the cruise ship berth in Cartagena is a gift shop and taxi terminal which has a number of outside exhibits including an enclosed area with many bird species, an open area with more parrots than you can shake a stick at, and a monkey troupe which occasionally visits to steal the bird’s […]