“Be careful if you decide to shower, there’s a Pit-Viper in there.”—a favorite quote from our time on Panay. I’ll get to the part with
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Tag: Budget birding
Mitu, Colombia – Part 2 – May 12-17, 2017
Continuing where I left off in describing our Mitu adventure. (Read this prior post to get caught up to speed!) Each evening after a long
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Mitu, Colombia – Part 1 – May 6-11th, 2017
The jungle town of Mitu, a small remote settlement in Amazonian Colombia found along the Vaupes River is only accessible by plane or boat. International
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The start of our trip – Northeast Brazil – March 2-6, 2017
With a break from school in March, Ross immediately decided he wanted to spend this uniquely long amount of time off (~4 weeks) visiting a mega diverse country full
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Birding Colombia: 4 days around Bogota and Soata
With a few days at my disposal thanks to being ahead of schedule, my goal was to continue to clean up on the country’s endemics while
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Birding Colombia: Montezuma and Santa Cecilia
With an early arrival in Pueblo Rico, I had 3 ½ hours to burn before meeting up with the others and our transportation at 1800.
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Birding Colombia: Las Tangaras Reserve and Otun Quimbaya
Despite the entire town being drunk the night prior, the ride we coordinated the night prior actually arrived at 0400 and we were quickly heading
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Birding Colombia: Mid-Magdalena Valley, Tolima, and Fuerte’s Parrots!
Continuing on my Colombian bird-finding quest, I managed to cover A LOT of ground in 4 days and was lucky enough to find some very good
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Birding Colombia: Ocana and the Cerulean Warbler Reserve
The trip to Ocana started out as expected–I boarded the night bus at 2100 in Santa Marta and started on my 7 ½ hour trip
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Birding Colombia: The Caribbean Coast & Minca
As a student who gets a significant amount of time off for winter break, I decided to use this extended amount of time and visit
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