I’m always amazed at how close you can get to these animals when you’re in a safari vehicle. This photo was taken in the Okavango Delta, Sandibe concession in Botswana.

Hippos cautiously studying us. Hippos kill more people than any of the other large animals in Africa. Photo taken at Xudum concession, Okavango Delta

Resting in the branches of a shade tree, this female leopard was spotted at a distance in Sandibe, a private concession in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Because it is a private [...]

Two years ago when Amateur Traveler had an episode on Iceland. Iceland had long been on my bucket list — stories of Vikings, rugged shores and volcanoes had been on and off my [...]

The famous sherpa village of Namche Bazar in Nepal’s Khumbu region. Taken some years ago with my very first digital camera.

Mawenzi peak is one of the three volcanic cones that comprise Kilimanjaro, this one a more classic “cinder cone” shape. A lovely peak, photographed on descent.

Ancient prayer stones near Namche Bazar. These are very commonly found in the high country of the Khumbu, though I thought this was one of the nicer examples. I can’t read the [...]

Mt. Kilimanjaro sunrise. We were just a few hundred feet from the summit. Photo taken over the western icefields.

Downtown Reykjavik. The Hallsgrimkirkja, a Lutheran denomination church, is the national cathedral of Iceland. It’s architecture has evoked basalt columns (so common on the island) in it’s construction. The church sits on [...]

Traditional Hawaiian carvings at the Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (the Place of Refuge) National Historic Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.