Costa Rica & Cuba Videos

We have a YouTube channel! You can subscribe to it by clicking here:  Notdunroamin YouTube videos. And our main video page is here. We first visited Costa Rica in about 1994, and loved the diversity of landscape and animals to be found here. We were also impressed by the early conservation efforts made the government. We… Continue reading Costa Rica & Cuba Videos

Photographing Faeries

Hummingbirds move so very fast, it’s hard to photograph them.  My regular camera seems to have died (I need to see if it can be repaired), and Chris tried taking stills and video with his video camera, but I think the most successful and fun photos came from the auto option on the smart phone,… Continue reading Photographing Faeries

Las baulas y las hormigas

(header photo courtesy of Miriam Girasol) The Leatherbacks and the Ants! I am coming to terms with leaf-cutter ants coming into our cabin at night, and walking their endless trail up and down the door with their carefully cut pieces of leaf ready to feed their fungus.

Central America coming up!

You may know that Chris and I have sold everything and are permanent travellers. We are mixing in working as volunteers on various conservation projects, with travelling and staying in interesting places, and living as much as possible with the locals. We’ve just spent Christmas in England with family, after a wonderful three months in… Continue reading Central America coming up!