The Day After

January 3

Up for breakfast with the Kipharts at the hotel. Some of the young people at the wedding, including Ayo, the groom, Dayo, the bride’s sister, and Tobi, the bride’s brother, come by to visit. They partied until 3 or 4 AM, but look no worse the wear for it. Ah, youth.

So, maybe […]

January 3rd, 2015 | Category: Nigeria, Ghana, 2015 | 3 comments

A Wedding ( Technically, an Engagement) to Remember

I am having trouble with the blog app, so I am trying to publish what is a draft of this post and hope to modify/finish this afterwards. If there’s a delay in future blogs, that is why. There may not be any photos.

January 2

Start the wedding day with buffet breakfast in hotel with […]

January 2nd, 2015 | Category: Nigeria, Ghana, 2015 | 10 comments

Over the Atlantic on New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2014-January 1, 2015

We are winging our way over the Atlantic, en route to Nigeria and Ghana. Our friends, the Kipharts, are with us, but in the front end of the plane. Our friends, the Olopades, are in Nigeria already and will meet us when we arrive. This is our fifth trip to […]

January 1st, 2015 | Category: Nigeria, Ghana, 2015 | 7 comments

Jaguars in strange places and reflections on Brazil

May 7-8

Breakfast and last chance to photograph the toucans and macaws at the lodge.

We set out for the long drive to the Cuiaba airport at 7:30. Eduardo treats the drive as just another birding outing, so we stop frequently to view and photograph birds, and even some […]

May 8th, 2014 | Category: Brazil, 2014 | 4 comments

Drenched in sweat and rain

May 6

Our last full day in Brazil starts with a 4:30 AM ride that turns up nothing amazing.

Breakfast, again very good, back at the lodge. After photographing, mainly toucans, around the lodge, in light that is not very good, we set out on foot at 7:30, towards Eduardo’s Uncle Tutu’s cattle farm. It’s […]

May 6th, 2014 | Category: Brazil, 2014 | 4 comments
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