My Trip Reports

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Around The World in 66 Days (1/1/2013 - 3/8/2013) Follow us as we lose our luggage in an around-the-world trip....More	Eastern Australia (11/5/2012 - 11/25/2012) Trip report of a two week visit to Queensland and the York Peninsula and one week in the Sydney area. The primary reason for the visit to Australia w...More
Moving the Car (5/31/2012 - 7/15/2012) This is a two-part trip that I took driving from Philadelphia to San Francisco via North Dakota and Yellowstone National Park. ...More	New Zealand (1/3/2012 - 1/30/2012) Month-long trip to mostly the South Island of New Zealand...More
Brazil (7/13/2011 - 7/26/2011) Two-week trip to Brazil with stops in the Pantanal and the Atlantic Coast near Salvador....More	Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia (12/31/2010 - 2/1/2011) This trip report covers a one month journey to Egypt and Ethiopia with a couple of short layovers in London. Some highlights of the trip included the...More
French Polynesia (7/3/2010 - 7/18/2010) For the solar eclipse of July 11, 2010, we had intended to visit Easter Island. However, difficulty buying plane tickets from LAN Chile Airlines prom...More	Alaska 2010 (5/27/2010 - 6/19/2010) This trip to Alaska involved hiking on St. George Island in the Pribilofs, hiking in Denali National Park, and boating in the Petersburg area....More
China Solar Eclipse (7/12/2009 - 7/26/2009) This trip started with a 13 hour long flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. We explored Hong Kong and the New Territories for a few days before tak...More	Mexico to Panama (1/14/2009 - 3/21/2009) Barbara and I started this 10-week trip on the island of Cozumel in Mexico. We followed the Caribbean coast to Belize City. We then made our way inl...More
Siberia (7/14/2008 - 8/11/2008) I flew from San Francisco to Irkutsk via New York and Moscow with the primary goal to view the total solar eclipse of August 1, 2008. I visited a few...More	Mexico, Baja California Sur (2/17/2008 - 2/25/2008) I took a flight to San Jose del Cabo where I met up with a friend of mine. We rented a car and checked out sites in the area. This trip included two...More
Mexico, Nayarit (1/5/2008 - 1/10/2008) I took a last minute flight to Puerto Vallarta where I rented a car and checked out some nearby natural areas....More	San Francisco 2007 (1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007) This includes all visits within the San Francisco City Limits for 2007...More
Mexico, Veracruz (10/10/2007 - 10/19/2007) I took a last minute flight to Veracruz to do some photography of warblers and tropical species....More	Hawaii, Big Island (3/7/2007 - 3/12/2007) On this trip, Barbara and I flew from San Francisco to Hilo, Hawaii. We rented a car, and drove around the island. Next, we swapped the regular car ...More
Ecuador (11/9/2006 - 12/23/2006) This trip to Ecuador does not include a two week break in the middle of the trip to visit the Galapagos Islands....More	Galapagos Islands (11/28/2006 - 12/12/2006) We flew to Baltra in the Galapagos to join an 8 day expedition on the S.S. Samba. Our boat expedition visited Isla Plaza Sur, Isla Santa Cruz, Isla E...More
Turkey (3/20/2006 - 4/1/2006) A two week trip to Cappadoccia and Turkish Rivera featuring a total solar eclipse in Side on March 29, 2006....More	India (12/31/2005 - 1/22/2006) One month trip to Northern India...More
Hawaii, Kauai (3/23/2005 - 3/29/2005) Barbara and I flew last minute to Kauai from SFO via Honolulu. We rented a car in Lihue, and we traveled to both ends of the main road....More	Argentina (2/1/2005 - 2/18/2005) Three week trip to Patagonia. We flew from San Francisco to Buenos Aires. We flew from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia a couple of days later....More
Queen Charlotte Islands (6/18/2004 - 6/26/2004) This trip mostly involved a last-minute 8-day kayaking expedition in the Gwaii Haanas National Park's Lyell Island with the Pacific Rim Paddling compa...More	Africa: Eastern and Southern (11/12/2002 - 3/26/2003) This 19 week trip started with a flight from San Francisco via Amsterdam to Dar Es Salaam. We traveled mostly by local transport to Johannesburg, Sou...More