Cold and Crisp in D.C.

A shot of Reagan Airport as I was waiting for the Metro my first day in D.C. last week.

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Sign City

Austin is not what I’d call a particularly beautiful city; although relatively small, it sprawls, like most Texas cities, spreading from the State Capitol into suburban-esque neighborhoods punctuated by strip malls and monster grocery stores. The areas around the city center have the most character, with pockets of historic homes with purple front doors and [...]

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Parque Internacional La Amistad

Farmers who were already in the park were grandfathered in and allowed to keep farming. The problem is that nobody enforces legislation, meaning that their lands aren’t being monitored, and the farmers can easily overtake park land. The problem is that most of these farmers don’t know anything besides slash-and-burn techniques, which degrades the land [...]

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Flight to David

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Sleeping Porch in Panama

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Looking for the Resplendent Quetzal

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Restaurante ASAELA

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Los Quetzales, Our Hotel in Cerro Punta

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Leafcutter Ants Near Pipeline Road, Panama

Extreme closeup:

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Panama: Day Three, Afternoon

Day Three. 18 September 2007.
Wow, am I only on day three? I think I could keep writing about this trip forever. (I shouldn’t tempt fate, because once I have to start writing and revising this for work, I really will be writing about this forever).
After our brief hike into PILA, we headed partway back down [...]

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