May Grand Vacation 2012 – Netherlands – Bald Family

The most impressive part of our travel to Kinderdijk was coot family we met in one of the channels. There were plenty of coots in all channels, but most of them still sat on eggs, and only one fast-paced coupe already shepherds their just-hatched chicks. This is . . . → Continue reading May Grand Vacation 2012 – Netherlands – Bald Family

Dad of the year

Little bird jacana lives in Africa. More precisely, its name is African jacana aka Actophilornis africanus. There are eight jacana species; they live around the world, but all in tropics and they all are pretty similar.

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Winter inside and outside

Unwrap outlook:

Atacama. Cerro Toco

Atacama. Vado Putana Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

It was nice to relax and drive around, but we came in the Atacama for acclimatization in the first place, so . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Cerro Toco

Apple blossom

Terns

Royal tern ака Thalasseus maximus. They inhabit sandy beaches of the south of North America from New York to Los Angeles. When they don’t catch fish, they rest on the beach.

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Black and White Winter

Two more:

Atacama. Vado Putana

Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

The Atacama, as many deserts, has some rivers. These rivers, like many desert rivers, not always appear on the surface, very often they hide underground. Places, where water . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Vado Putana

Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio

Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

After Laguna Cejar we decided that it is time to visit some place with higher elevation. We choose Geyser Valley El Tatio. It locates north of San Pedro, near the border with Bolivia. It is the edge . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio

Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

The main aim of our winter travel to Chilie was climbing Ojos del Saldo, the highest volcano in the world. It is also pretty high in absolute numbers, 6893 meters, so required acclimatisation. Acclimatisation near the Ojos, as most climbers do, is very boring and uncomfortable – . . . → Continue reading Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar