We have been hiking at a steady pace through montane forest for nearly an hour. Even with my jacket off it is cool at this altitude. Whenever we pause, the rasping calls of black-billed turacos echo from deep in the trees. I raise my binoculars and search for one of ...
Last December Dave led a safari to a new destination for us – Odzala-Kokoua National Park, situated in a remote corner of a country on the west side of Africa - the Republic of Congo (often abbreviated to ROC). There are two Congos. The ROC has a longstanding stable government, ...
Last spring we stayed in the picturesque village of Alquézar, nestled below an Arab fortress perched dramatically on a limestone outcrop above the Vero gorge. The village guards the canyon´s mouth, a nesting haven for griffons and a pair of peregrine falcons. From this elevated vantage, the eye travels across ...
