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Monthly Archives: November 2010
World’s unluckiest traveler (Guyanan travels in brief)
I just found a contest by my travel insurance provider that is giving away a $10,000 grand prize travel package for the unluckiest traveler (http://www.worldsunluckiesttraveller.ca/) . Well, I’m unlucky enough that I was dealing with my dog’s death, avascular necrosis … Continue reading
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Pretenders
“this isn’t right”…the officer said in a sombre tone. I tried to play the ignorance card and just looked at him blankly. “You have been here longer than a month”. No going back now… I decided, so I pulled all … Continue reading
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Tagged 100mm, adventure, amazon, Amazonia, amphibians, biology, bugs, Canon, entomology, f/2.8, frogs, Guyana, herpetology, insects, jungle, macro, Makro planar T*, photography, pics, rainforest, reptiles, snakes, South America, trekking, tropical, wilderness, Zeiss
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A meeting of inequals
I crash into bed….it’s a thursday, so I decide that I don’t have to deal with passport issues until the following day, otherwise I might very well say one of the many regrettable things on my mind. So I give … Continue reading
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Georgetown- The Venice of South America
I returned from turtle mountain feeling refreshed though I still spent most of the day catching up on rest. For once I actually looked forward to returning to the cesspool that was Georgetown. A zoologist friend of mine was joining … Continue reading
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Tagged 100mm, adventure, amazon, Amazonia, amphibians, biology, bugs, Canon, entomology, f/2.8, frogs, Guyana, herpetology, insects, jungle, macro, Makro planar T*, photography, pics, rainforest, reptiles, snakes, South America, trekking, tropical, wilderness, Zeiss
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F-ANT-ASTIC
It is not just the nectaries which are of interest but sap sucking bugs (Hemipterans). These bugs have a long proboscis which they stick into the plant and through the plant’s own pressure they fill up the bug with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 100mm, adventure, amazon, Amazonia, amphibians, biology, bugs, Canon, entomology, f/2.8, frogs, Guyana, herpetology, insects, jungle, macro, Makro planar T*, photography, pics, rainforest, reptiles, snakes, South America, trekking, tropical, wilderness, Zeiss
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From night to day
The same trails are becoming a little dull as I walk them over and over and so I have turned to day photography to see a different world of insects. The style of photography is also completely different. If you … Continue reading
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