Trummelbach Falls Switzerland
Standing within the passageways of the Trummelbach Falls in Switzerland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley is like standing in the middle of a bass drum. Millions…
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Stechelbach Switzerland
Stechelbach is a small town at the far end of the popular Lauterbrunnen Valley with numerous little hiking paths through the valley and…
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Mount Pilatus Switzerland
Mount Pilatus towers above Lucerne, providing a tremendous play area both summer and winter. We enjoyed watching the paragliders making the most of…
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Lucerne Switzerland
A great day in Lucerne visiting our friends Daniel and Ruth. Lake Lucerne is a beautiful body of water surrounded by tall mountains…
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Dry Tortugas National Park
If you’re heading to the Dry Tortugas (and everybody should!), a seaplane is the ONLY way to go. Half of the adventure is…
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Diving Snapper Ledge
Diving at one of our favorite places – Snapper Ledge. While we don’t see pelagics here, there’s always a wall of snapper and…
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Peru Trip Google Earth Tracks
Images generated by Google Earth from our Spot Satellite Messenger tracks. Next time I’d carry a GPS logger on me rather than rely…
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Peru Extras
A bunch of "extra" photos from the trip – not good enough to get put in the regular albums, but good enough for…
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Peru Hike Day 5: Machu Picchu
Making the most out of a grey, rainy day at Machu Picchu. The throngs of tourists were still out, and the trail to…
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Peru Hike Day 4: La Playa to Hydroelectrica
An easy hike through lush tropical vegetation to Llactapata with our first views of Machu Picchu, followed by a downhill mud scramble to…
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Peru Hike Day 3: Challway to La Playa
Friendly felines in the morning, followed by an easy hike to La Playa. One of the craziest things of our trek was pitching…
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Peru Hike Day 2: Soraypampa to Challway
A chilly start to the day with frost on the ground and ice on the stream, followed by cresting the Salkantay Pass at…
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Peru Hike Day 1: Mollepata to Soraypampa
Day 1 starts early with a van pickup at 04:30, and is fairly easy except for the climb up to Lake Humantay. Mollepata…
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Saskaywayman, Peru
"Sexy Woman" is one of Peru’s best-known attractions, if only by name alone. The site is renowned for its 19 feet tall stone…
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Ollantaytambo, Peru
A short stay at Ollantaytambo. We will plan a full two days on our next visit here. Ollantaytamo is the best-preserved example of…
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