I’m looking out the window of our place on the fjord. There are no words to describe the view. At first I couldn’t stop taking pictures. The light would change or the clouds descend and it looked different. I finally calmed down and now I just sit and look. We arrived several days ago after […]
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Copan Ruinas
August 13 Today we went to the Macaw Mountain Bird Park. It was a 21/2 kilometer walk from town. We had a guide bring us through. The first stop was the parakeets, then scarlet macaws. There was a cage for scarlet macaws that you could walk through. There were also toucans, green macaws, aracaris, owls, […]
The Travel Routine
After four weeks on the road we appreciate even more the value of routine. It helps all of us to have a bit of structure and allows us to take advantage of the best a particular area has to offer us. In the tropics during rainy season, the best part of the day is the […]
Howler Monkeys, Spanish Verbs and Floating Rocks
July 18 – 24 We’re at a Spanish language school/ scientific research station on the shores of Laguna de Apoyo. All four of us take private Spanish lessons for 4 hours in the morning. In the afternoons, we swim in the lake which is in the crater of an extinct volcano. The land along the […]
Mombacho! Mombacho!
July 16 We had our first big excursion on Friday. After Mitch went for an early run and Bjorn had time to work on IDLA and Emma to write in her journal we were off at the crack of 10:00. We needed to catch a bus near the market so we wound our way through […]
Leaving Boise
When planning for previous trips I looked forward to departure with great anticipation, eager to begin the adventure. This time around, I hesitate, suddenly overwhelmed by fondness for my home. Each run on the greenbelt I savor the smell of the spring river and delight in spotting flickers, heron and the pair of swans raising […]
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