It is hot and dry in southern Mexico, and a lovely place to visit if you love tacos, blue skies, and speed bumps, which are
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Author: budgetbirders
Thoughts from Guatemala
I think any time one visits a new place, they leave as a new, likely improved, version of themselves. At the very least changed in
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Tikal – The BEST Birding Site in Guatemala!
The temples built by the Mayans are some of the most sturdy structures in the world. These steps have quite literally stood the test of
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The Quezt for Quetzal!
Surely one of the most highly anticipated and extraordinary birds of any trip to Guatemala is Resplendent Quetzal. It’s bright green and red, nearly neon,
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The Door To The Sky
“Puerto de la cielo”, translated means “the door to the sky.” It is such a fitting name for one of the mountains that we drove
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The Search For A Unicorn
We ascended sharply up the side of the mountain well before first light to visit Zunil Volcano. We weren’t visiting the volcano exactly, we were
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Off to Guatemala! – Lake Atitlán
When you descend sharply into a valley at the base of a volcano, it only means one thing — you have a very intense workout
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It’s Time! An Update for 2021
One year later, almost exactly to the date, we are heading back to Africa to resume where we left off. I thought I might give
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Wild, Wild, Sumaco – Ecuador
Wild Sumaco is one of those places we wouldn’t normally visit. The $150 per person, per night price tag is outside of a budget birders’
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Giant Anteater!!!! Giant Reward! – Reserva Bigal, Ecuador.
So much to see, so little time. Honestly, one could spend a lifetime in the Amazon and still only see a fraction of the wildlife
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