My Trip Reports

Colombia - Santa Marta (10/9/2024 - 10/16/2024)
A visit to the Santa Marta Mountains and lowlands as well as Perija...More

Mexico (3/26/2024 - 4/11/2024)
This was a trip to Oaxacan mountains and coast followed up by a trip to Torreon to view a total solar eclipse....More

Japan (2/16/2024 - 3/2/2024)
Got a very cheap ticket to Japan, so we went from one end to the other...More

Cuba (1/25/2024 - 2/6/2024)
A trip to Cuba to look for endemic birds while we still can....More

Costa Rica (9/26/2023 - 10/6/2023)
A trip to Costa Rica to look for nesting sea turtles and to visit Arenal both of which we had not visited in previous tr...More

Ecuador (7/27/2023 - 8/7/2023)
Trip to Ecuador to visit areas near Quito...More

Western Australia (4/3/2023 - 4/24/2023)
We did a side trip from Malaysia to visit Western Australia to view a solar eclipse....More

Malaysia (3/14/2023 - 4/3/2023)
A three week stop-over in Borneo, Bukit Fraser, and Singapore en route to a solar eclipse in Western Australia...More

Colombia (2/5/2023 - 2/13/2023)
A last minute trip to the coffee region of Colombia...More

Fiji (4/30/2022 - 5/10/2022)
A short trip to Fiji where we visited four islands...More

Antarctica and Argentina (11/19/2021 - 12/12/2021)
A trip to Antarctica and South Georgia Island to see a total solar eclipse bookended by a trip to Iguazu Falls...More

Iceland (7/8/2021 - 7/18/2021)
Circumnavigation of Iceland and also Heimaey ...More

Chicago (5/21/2021 - 5/30/2021)
Trip to Chicago and closing out the Illinois Beach Resort hotel....More

Chile 2020 (12/10/2020 - 12/25/2020)
This was a last minute trip to Chile after they opened their borders just prior to the 2020 solar eclipse....More

Chile (6/20/2019 - 7/3/2019)
On this two-week trip to Chile, we spent the first week in the mountains and coast around Arica. The second week was in...More

Madagascar (10/30/2017 - 11/23/2017)
Madagascar is literally the furthest place (on land) from San Francisco on the entire Earth, so of course, I had to go t...More

Uganda and stops between (12/20/2016 - 1/17/2017)
This was a trip to a few places, but mainly a trip to Uganda with a stopover in United Arab Emerites....More

Peru (8/29/2016 - 9/7/2016)
A trip to Peru visiting the highland areas around Cusco including the cloud forest at Manu National Park....More

Newfoundland (7/9/2016 - 7/14/2016)
A visit to the Puffins and Whales of the West Atlantic....More

Indonesia (2/22/2016 - 3/17/2016)
A trip to Sulawesi and Halmahera to view a solar eclipse plus layovers in Singapore and Tokyo....More

Puerto Rico (12/30/2015 - 1/6/2016)
A circumnavigation of Puerto Rico ...More

Panama (10/27/2015 - 11/1/2015)
A quick trip to Panama City between jobs. Saw more bird species in 6 days than all year in the USA....More

Svalbard, Canary Islands, and Spain (3/16/2015 - 4/4/2015)
Three week early spring trip spanning Arctic to Subtropical Europe includes a solar eclipse in Svalbard, hiking in the O...More

Alaska (7/15/2014 - 7/23/2014)
Trip to Nome and to Seward over a one week period....More

Southeast Arizona (5/8/2014 - 5/12/2014)
A weekend trip to Southeastern Arizona and the Chiricahua National Monument....More

Dominican Republic (1/19/2014 - 1/27/2014)
A trip to visit the mountains of the Dominican Republic....More

Kenya Solar Eclipse (10/23/2013 - 11/7/2013)
A trip to Kenya to view the hybrid solar eclipse at Lake Turkana....More

Texas (4/13/2013 - 4/20/2013)
A one week trip to Austin and the Gulf Coast of Texas...More

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 reaso...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...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 highl...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 ticket...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 i...More

China Solar Eclipse (7/12/2009 - 7/26/2009)
This trip started with a 13 hour flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. We explored Hong Kong and the New Territories ...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 C...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 Au...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...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. Nex...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 Plaz...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)
In a one month trip to Northern India, we visited Rajasthan, The Himalayan Foothills, and more....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 o...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 coupl...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 ...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 ...More