Donald and Esther's Travels

Favorite Food: Pao de Queijo (cheese bread). Yum. Favorite Restaurants: Rio’s kilo restaurants, where you pay by the weight. Fav...

"You are already here." Many animals become more active at night. So we spent three evenings in the back of our truck shining...

We saw and identified about 160 species of birds over 11 days. The vast majority appeared in the Pantanal, which is truly a birdwatcher'...

The Pantanal offered some of the best mammal viewing we've ever experienced. At least 22 species in three days. Add in two species of mo...

The Pantanal hosts the world's densest population of crocodilians. Yacare caimans are everywhere. But have no fear, these alligator ...

Or, if you prefer, Iguassu or Iguazu. One of the three great falls in world (the others being Niagara and Victoria), Iguacu put on quite...

We spent almost two weeks in Brazil recently, starting in Rio. Rio's most famous landmark is Christ the Redeemer. Recently voted on...

We just updated the blog format. The upside is that it looks nicer. The downside is that the layout of photos in older posts is a bit haphaz...

Signature Quote: “ We are not going to die. ” (Expedition leader Karl … as a pod of humpback whales suddenly turned onto a collision course...

Thursday morning began with a hike through bear country in Idaho Bay. We didn't meet any of the furry critters, but we did find remarkab...