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Also called the Panama hat but not so much here. Here, toquilla or monticriste (high quality). Ours, I got one too, is a foldable soft low cost (here) type.   Check this out on Google+

Jardin botanical Guayaquil by Jeff Gray on Flickr. Just follow this link to see and comment on this photo:https://flic.kr/p/rX2mU5 Test of posting from flickr directly to G+   Check this out on Google+

Friday hot humid no rain Met Fernando for breakfast. Organizational meeting 🙂 Air kisses very different here. One only, different facial location. Have to love a country and hotel that has ceviche, shrimp, large shrimp, as well as smoked salmon … Continue reading →

HOT damp, Guayaquil Ore Verde Hotel Friday 3 April Boogs are on another adventure, this time to Guayaquil (rain-mangrove forest)and the Galapagos. Details of this adventure will emerge more slowly as there is no connectivity on the boat. Yep, inter-tube … Continue reading →

Nice drive from Phoenix to the Sonoran desert. Many Saguaros along the road as we reached the pass over which was the endpoint. A private reserve, appropriately tended, heavily marketed, and very well annotated and signed. Two aviaries, large cats, … Continue reading →

Google Plus put this together – interesting feature and a nice overview. Not all activities as G+ only picks up from the phone camera and not, of course, from the point and shoot. Check this out on Google+

Wed 4 February awake to spectacular morning, weather and view Last day of trip. Volcano visit, coffee plantation visit and bike ride down the mountain Active volcano then 4000 ft drop via bike.Through fern farming area, covered greenhouses and higher … Continue reading →

Tuesday 2 February rain and then sun and humidity Bike ride to a rafting area. Nature, birds, etc. On shoreline ride. Some cloud and heavy rain to start, then 30kms tending downhill, nice fun ride on good roads. Sun came … Continue reading →

Monday Feb 2 slightly cloudy, not as hot as yesterday. Bike to boat ride across lake arenal then return around the lake by bike. High end breakfast, lots of fruit and smoked salmon and so much more. Then of to … Continue reading →

Sunday 1 Feb hot hot sunny hot Bird watching early in the cloud forest, then biking to la fortuna Missed the evening frog walk. Nature walk, very early, many birds, interesting cloud forest ecology, plants, many hummingbirds. Leaf cutter colony. … Continue reading →