Tag: wildlife-photograpy
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UWC Day 066 – Hana, Hawaii – East Side of the Road to Hana
Pretty awesome day enjoying the sights and sounds on the Hana side of the island. Nice, slow day, but full and saw a lot of things! Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc066/gallery Morning Start Woke up and drove the 2 min to the visitor center even though it wasn’t open, because it has bathrooms with flushing toilets, so…
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UWC Day 065 – Maui, Hawaii – Road to Hana and Kipahulu on East Maui
One of my favorite drives in the world is the Road to Hana (as the driver of course). Nothing like zig zagging through the rainforest with coastal views everywhere with the windows down and enjoying the fresh air. The curves and turn force you to just enjoy and not be blitzing to your destination, and…
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UWC Day 064 – Maui, Hawaii – ʻĪao Valley and Haleakala Summit for Sunset and Stargazing
First full day in Maui. Beautiful day in the ʻĪao Valley and then a tour up Haleakala Summit for the sunset and some stargazing with Maui Stargazing (and a huge telescope). Awesome day of sights. Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc064/gallery Morning Start Started in the morning to some birds that were running around camp before I headed…
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UWC Day 058 – Puerto Quetzal – Hobbitenango and Altamira Parks
Hobbitenango (website) and Altamira (website) parks up in the mountains past Antigua in Guatemala for an awesome view of the valleys and volcanos. Incredible day, and if I cared more for Instagram would be even more pictures of me. Would definitely come back and stay overnight in one of the spots and catch the sunrise…
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UWC Day 057 – Cruising Day – THE Birds
Photo Gallery: https://pics.mattichan.com/-uwc057 Cruising day, but ended up being kind of a wild day. Didn’t need to wake up since we had a cruising day, so slept in till noon, when my stateroom attendant knocked on the door and woke me up (my fault…didn’t put the sleeping magnet on the door). Unexpected Fun Was heading…
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UWC Day 056 – Puntarenas, Costa Rica – Cruising with Tick Tock
Tick-tock the crocodile, not the app. Lots of crocodiles and amazing wildlife all through the Tárcoles River (wiki). Awesome and terrifying, respecting the wildlife as we visit their home and try to leave as little trace as possible. Morning Start Little bit of a later start as we had an extra hour with a timezone…
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UWC Day 051 – Cusco, Peru – Exploring the Incan Capital
The protest blocking Machu Picchu continues, so we instead went on a very flexible, changing itinerary through the Incan capital of Cusco. Morning Start To start, we were told that we were starting at 9am. I didn’t sleep super well, as I couldn’t get the temperature right in the room, and I’m bougie, and brought…
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UWC Day 048 – Arica, Chile – Andean Highlands and town of Putre
Long day out with a drive through the Andes Mountains to a small town Putre (Wiki) Awesome views, but definitely a long tiring day of driving. Morning Start Got to sleep in and get a more rested start than usual. Meetup was at 10:45am, so rolled out of bed pretty rested and went down to…
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UWC Day 046 – Coquimbo, Chile – Elqui Valley Tour
Tour to the Elqui Valley was a severe disappointment. The valley itself is beautiful and would have enjoyed it a lot more, but the tour company and description was super misleading and completely incorrect. The day ended up being a mixed bag and kind of a waste of time. All in all, the first bad…
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UWC Day 045 – Valparaíso, Chile – Natural Monument Isla Cachagua to see Humboldt Penguins
Awesome day with Matias (we need to form a club) up the coast to some smaller beach towns and lovely views and hikes to be out in nature. 10/10 would recomment Matias for your guiding needs if ever in Valparaíso or Santiago. Logistics Tour was set to start at 7am, but it was also a…
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