Posted in Costa Rica, Interesting, Life, Personal, Photography, Travel, backpacking, commerce, culture, environment, geography, my life, people, photos on May 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Costa Rica 3 278, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Saw these guys on the way to the Peninsula de Papagayo - Nicaraguan Melon pickers.
In Costa Rica the locals favor the plush jobs - dealing with tourists. The Nicaraguans do the dirty work - construction, farm labour etc. Stopping the van, I introduced myself and shook hands, they [...]
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Looks like a horrible car crash - Vultures enjoyed it though
Costa Rica 3 270, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
One morning Maggie and I decided to head up to the “Peninsula de Papagayo”, having no car we decided to take a Tourisimo bus. Here in Tamarindo the price is double that which you would expect. Walking down [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, My Book, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, adventure in Ontario, animals, books, caves in Ontario, caving, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, nature, ontario, photos, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching on May 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is the beginning of a 4 kilometer underwater tunnel - it finally ends up in a lake. Divers have followed over a kilometer into the tunnel, the initial stage of the underwater journey being with tanks pushed along in front in a low shelf.
IMG_5505, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Anyone know what cave this is? I [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Costa Rica, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, Photography, Travel, animals, bats, bizzare, cute, environment, exploration, geography, hiking, holiday in Costa Rica, my life, nature, photos, science, wierd, wildlife in Costa Rica on May 20, 2007 | No Comments »
It is not so unusual to see long nosed bats in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica 3 356, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The bats cluster here under a shaded tree trunk along the edge of the Tempisque River. They arrange themselves in this linear formation to emulate a serpent. When one moves they all move, it gives the [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Caves, Costa Rica, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Travel, backpacking, caving, environment, exploration, geography, geology, my life, nature, photos, sports on May 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Costa Rica 3 320, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
In part, my absence from the blogging world was taken up by a trip to Costa Rica from which we had just returned two weeks ago. My goals were two-fold, firstly to gather information for an article on eco - travel up the country’s rivers and secondly - [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, bizzare, caves in Ontario, caving, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, my life, nature, ontario, photos, rockhounding, searching for caves, sports, strange places, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on May 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Gotta dress in neoprene and keep a warm sweater handy for when you surface. The wind is usually whipping through the forest and hypothermia is a real possibility when you are wet and cold in sub zero temperatures.
IMG_6354, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Rockhound’s and cavers - I realize that I have been negligent in my blogging [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Canada, Cobalt, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, abandoned, collecting rocks near Bancroft, economics, environment, exploration, gemology, geography, geology, lapidary, mine, mines in northern Ontario, my life, ontario, photos, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, science, silver, silver mines, wierd on May 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Rockhounding in Ontario
IMG_2027, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Howard pointed out that one of my previous posts had popped up on the internet indicating that it contained a photo of raw silver - it appears that the photo had gone so .. here it is - the post again with the picture.
“This is a lump of high [...]
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