The Life of a Guacamayero (Macaw Researcher)

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May 19th 2009

Published: June 23rd 2009

By my fifth week living at Posada Amazonas I was ready for a break. The eight to ten hours I was spending on the trail every day, while immensely enjoyable, were taking their toll on my body. To make things worse, the lumpy, sagging mattress I had been sleeping on had resurrected an old pelvis injury, which I had earned in a fit of stupidity during a mountaineering trip in Yosemite many years be... Read Full Entry

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Keith Martin

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I am from Georgia, but I have lived in California for the past few years. I have been working as an engineer since I got out of school six years ago. I have grown tired of working the never changing rat race of ‘normal life’, so I am embarking on a multi-year round the world journey, a retirement of sorts, beginning with a winter contract job in Antarctica. From there, who knows where I will go, but I plan on seeing the whole world and all of the unique cultures, remote wildernesses and amazing history that this planet has to offer. I am planning on traveling as inex... full info

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Buttresses and Vines

This tree was lovely - I believe it was an older strangler fig.

Army Ants on the March

The army ants have been villainized in Hollywood, but they were actually quite cool to watch. They are always on the move and, on two different occasions, I found their stash of eggs and larvae.

Lake Candenado

This lake was small, but it was beautiful.

On the Lake

There were boats available for taking out into the lake, but I never got a chance to do it - Oh Well!

23rd June 2009

anonymous
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Amazing pictures.

23rd June 2009

liliram
liliram

Simply Incredible!
Got to hand it to you. You take incredible photos and you write very well. Thank u for taking us through all your experiences.........

23rd June 2009

AnnaAdventuring
Anna Louise

AMAZING picture of the snake! Really great capture.

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