Today, we did many activities around Fundacion Origen, which is a school and working farm where we stayed for four incredible days. Fundacion Origen is this amazing place that the owner, Mary Ann, started and still runs since 1991, after...
History of Chile
Area: 756,096 square kilometers (291,930 sq mi) Population: 17,620,000 – 23.30 per sq km. Capital (Santiago) Population: 7,000,000 (2014) Geography Situated south of Peru and west of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile fills a narrow 2,880-mi (4,506 km) strip between the Andes and the...
Brazil Photo Blog (Iguazu Falls and Sao Paolo)
Iguazu Falls: Helicopter ride above the falls: Seeing the falls from the Argentina side: A visit to the bird sanctuary: Saying good-bye to our guide, Alex: A very special visit with our very special friends, Philip...
Iguazu Falls on Foot and From Above
Today, we ventured to the Argentina side of Iguazu Falls. We drove for a while until we came close to the Brazil/Argentina border. Where the borders meet, there is a bridge, on one half of the bridge was green and...
History of Brazil
Fast Facts Currency = Real (R$) 1 USD = 3.85 Real Population = 202,656,788 Area = 3,287,957 sq. miles Capital = Brasilia Language = Portuguese Brazil is the largest country in South America. Geography The Federative Republic of Brazil...
Rainforest and Waterfalls in Iguazu Falls, Brazil (and Argentina)
Today we went to Iguazu Falls to see the waterfalls. Did you know, Iguazu Falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? The name Iguazu comes from the indigenous words for ‘water’ and, ‘big’ or ‘great’....
Kruger National Park Photo Blog (South Africa)
We stayed at the Singita Family of Lodges at Ebony Lodge and it was spectacular. We got very lucky with our animal sightings…lions (resting and feasting on a buffalo kill), leopards, elephants, rhinos, hippos, baboons, monkeys, antelopes, wildebeests, hyenas,...
Tracking the Big Five in South Africa
Recently, we stayed at the Singita Ebony Lodge in Kruger National Park. Our plane’s wheels made contact with the ground, shooting clouds of dust as we rolled along. We stepped out onto the dirt runway, and viewed our surroundings....
South Africa Photo Blog (Johannesburg & Cape Town)
Johannesburg: A visit to Nelson Mandela’s home where he lived before he passed away. People still bring these beautiful rocks with prayers and sentiments written on them and leave them outside his home. It’s very moving: Downtown Johannesburg:...